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D.C. police investigating fatal shooting near Mount Vernon Square D.C. police say fatal shooting near Mount Vernon Square wasn’t random
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D.C. police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Friday morning near Mount Vernon Square in Northwest Washington, according to a department spokesman.D.C. police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Friday morning near Mount Vernon Square in Northwest Washington, according to a department spokesman.
The shooting occurred about 10 a.m. in the 400 block of M Street NW. Police said the case is being investigated as a homicide. Police would only say the victim is an adult male. The incident was in an area a few blocks east of the convention center and near New York and New Jersey avenues.The shooting occurred about 10 a.m. in the 400 block of M Street NW. Police said the case is being investigated as a homicide. Police would only say the victim is an adult male. The incident was in an area a few blocks east of the convention center and near New York and New Jersey avenues.
D.C. Police Cmdr. Stuart Emerman, who heads the Third District, wrote on the departments Internet bulletin board that “at this time, we do not believe this to be a random incident.”
Rachelle P. Nigro, an advisory neighborhood commissioner for the area, said police told her the shooting occurred inside an apartment building.
Police released no other details but said more information would be available later Friday afternoon. It is the District’s fifth homicide of this year. There were seven at this time in 2015.Police released no other details but said more information would be available later Friday afternoon. It is the District’s fifth homicide of this year. There were seven at this time in 2015.