shot last night at 10th and gallatin streets northeast. shot as he was handing out advertising flyers for papa john's pizza. >> he was a free spirit. he was happy. caused no harm to nobody. for him to die this way? >> nobody deserves to die this way. >> reporter: they say this happened in a bizarre sort of way. the victim and two suspects marching down the street single file. the victim francisco rivas, his hands behind his head like this. that's the way r.o. white saw it. >> the guy in front reminded me of a soldier who had been captured, had his hands folded behind his head with his elbows extended, and that would let you know he had been captured. >> the two other guys were walking behind single file. and a short time after that, you heard a gunshot. >> yes. >> reporter: francisco rivas found lying in a grassy strip nearby the sidewalk. they say he'd been shot in the head. >> it's just tragic what happened. >> when you heard this news -- >> i fell to my feet. couldn't believe it. >> reporter: at the rivas home today friends and family g

. >> reporter: rivas was alone at 10th and gallatin streets northeast thursday night waiting for a ride home after handing out flyers advertising specials for papa john's pizza. neighbors told police they heard raised voices and a gunshot, but no one has been able to describe the suspect. >> some people see two black males running on gallatin toward 11th and 12th streets. >> reporter: d.c. police are canvassing the neighborhood hoping to learn something that can help bring rivas' killer to justice, something that can help ease the unimaginable pain river's' friends and family now feel. >> it's so sad that someone so young just end his life in this, such a violent way. >> our father up in the heavens knows what happened and justice will be served. >> reporter: maureen umeh, fox 5 news. >> police are not entirely sure robbery was the motive, but looking at every possibility. >>> a man charged in the murder of a manassas park gardener admits he did it. reynard prather pled guilty to run and federal robbery charges. prosecutors say he planned a robbery at the mansion where jose car don't --

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he was killed at the intersection of 10th and gallatin street. horace holmes is live. >> family and friends came together at the -- they came to remember a 19-year-old man working hard to provide for his son. >> we have to run right away to my and's house. i feel the pain. >> they are all dark -- they are all devastated and determined to let everyone know what happened here. he was passing out advertising fliers from his job to homes. he had been on the job at papa john's pizza parlor three weeks. it was just before 6:30 when somebody walked up and shot and killed him. >> he did not deserve any of this. his left that way to short. >> police are not sure why frankie was killed. his friends and family definitely cannot make sense of it either. >> there is no sense to be made of this. why does it have to happen? >> if you saw anything at all please just take a second to help out. my brother would have done it for you. >> and now we turn to the crime spree causing serious problems in northwest washington. it appears police have made significant progr

it happened last night at 10th and gallatin. the suspect shot the man in the head. he later died at a local hospital. police have not released any information on a possible suspect. >>> d.c. residents are becoming concerned by a recent uptick in robberies in the district. armed robberies are up 106% through the first month and a half compared to last year. and last night ward three residents met with police chief lanier to discuss the issue. some are considering getting a gun to fight back. the chief says d.c. police are doing everything they can to help those -- help stop the robberies from happening. >> we have attacked this problem from every side. we've attacked it from uniformed presence to presence with undercovers from, you know, decoy operations and bait operations and going after -- we've attacked it from every side. >> chief lanier added that they're working with montgomery county police and hope to make a major announcement soon regarding the rash of robberies. >>> one of the jurors who convicted george huguely in the death of his former girlfriend yeardl

. >> reporter: the murder victim, 19-year-old francisco rivas, shot last night at 10th and gallatin streets northeast. shot as he was handing out advertising flyers for papa john's pizza. they say this happened in a bizarre way. the victim and two suspects marching down the street single file. the victim francisco rivas, his hands behind his head like this. that's the way r.o. white saw it. >> the guy in the front reminded me of a soldier who had been captured, had his hands folded behind his head with his elbows extended, and that would let you know he had been captured. >> reporter: and these two other guys were walking right behind single file. >> single file. >> reporter: and a short time after that you heard a gun shot? >> yes. >> reporter: francisco rivas found lying in a grassy strip nearby the sidewalk. they say he had been shot in the head. >> it is just tragic what happened. >> reporter: when you heard this news -- >> i fell to my feet. couldn't believe it. >> reporter: at the rivas home today, friends and family gathered to mourn his loss. he was the youngest of three, the father