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Police identify men killed in double shooting in NW DC

Police say to be on the lookout for a man in a white shirt and blue shorts.

WASHINGTON — Police are investigating after two men were shot to death in Northwest D.C. Saturday night.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, officers were called to the 1400 block of Girard Street just before 10 p.m. 

When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot. A short time later, officers were flagged down to help another gunshot victim found less than a tenth of a mile away on Fairmount Street. 

Both victims have only been identified as men. Neither was conscious or breathing when help arrived. Despite help from DC Fire and EMS, both men died from their injuries. 

Police identified the two men Monday as 29-year-old Luke Whitaker of Northwest, D.C., and 19-year-old Zion Hollingsworth-Hayes of Silver Spring, Maryland.

There is no word on any suspect information at this time.

Police have not said anything regarding a possible motive or what may have happened in the moments leading up to the dead shooting.

Anyone with information may contact detectives at (202) 727-9099 or text the department's tip line at 50411.    

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