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Police continue searching for suspect in connection with DC DJ's death

Detectives are currently investigating a homicide that left a man dead after being stabbed multiple times and suffering from a gunshot wound.

WASHINGTON — Editor's Note: The video above was published on April 16, 2022.

The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide they say took place early Saturday morning April 23rd in Northwest, D.C.

At around 5:13 a.m. police responded to a report of a shooting on the 700 block of Morton St., NW, according to police.

When police arrived, they were able to locate a man, later identified as 38-year-old Ernest Thompson, suffering from a gunshot wound and multiple stab wounds. 

DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services took Thompson to a nearby hospital, where shortly after he died from his injuries. 

Djing in D.C. and around the country, Thompson's mother Karla Lewis says her son had high profile friends but loved people regardless of a person's status.

"In DC they called him the 'Mayor of DC 2030,'" she said. "He had friends all over the world, all over the United States."

Who are now mourning his death. 

Police have not named any suspects. Lewis says she has heard her son was working an after hours club in the area where he was shot and stabbed when he tried to break up a fight which may have cost him his life.

"That's a possibility and that sounds like something he would do," Lewis said. 

While his community has lost a well known name, at home Thompson leaves behind his mother, siblings, and an 11 year-old daughter. 

"I just say that he was tragically taken away because we don't know. So that's why we need the help from the community to call the police," said Lewis.

If anyone has additional information for this case, police are asking those with information to call 202-727-9099 or text the department's tip line at 50411 if they wish to remain anonymous.

Police are currently searching to identify suspects and are offering a reward of $25,000 to anyone that can provide additional information that can lead to the arrest and conviction of the people responsible for each homicide in D.C.

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