Crime & Safety
Silver Spring Man, 44, Fatally Wounded In DC Shooting: Police
Metropolitan Police Department homicide detectives identified a Silver Spring man as the victim in Monday's fatal shooting in the District.
WASHINGTON, DC — A 44-year-old Silver Spring man was identified as the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred Monday morning in southeast Washington, D.C., according to police.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department responded around 9:18 a.m. to the 2200 block of 16th St., Southeast, for the report of a shooting. The arriving officers found 44-year-old Robert Ferguson of Silver Spring, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Ferguson was taken to a nearby hospital by D.C. Fire and Rescue personnel to be treated for his injuries, but all life-saving efforts failed and he was pronounced dead.
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