[PR] Homicide: 3400 Block of Stanton Rd, SE

Monday, July 20, 2020

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred on Sunday, July 19, 2020, in the 3400 block of Stanton Road, Southeast.  

At approximately 11:30 pm, members of the Seventh District responded to the listed location for the report of a man down. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male victim, unconscious and unresponsive, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and determined that the victim displayed no signs consistent with life. The victim remained on the scene until transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 

The decedent has been identified as 37 year-old Rayfone Gassaway, of Alexandria, VA.

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.