Crime & Safety
Man Found Shot To Death In Douglass Area: DC Police
Homicide detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a man found in a vehicle.
WASHINGTON, DC — Homicide detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday night in the Douglass area of the District, according to a police release.
Officers from the Seventh District responded around 7:25 p.m., to the 1400 block of Tobias Drive, S.E., for the report of a shooting. They found a man in a vehicle suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. D.C. Fire and EMS determined the had died and later transported him to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiners.
Police are withholding the name of the decedent pending notification of next of kin.
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MPD is currently offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any persons responsible for committing a homicide in the District. Police ask anyone with information about this case to call 202-727-9099 or send an anonymous tip by text to 50411.
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