WASHINGTON — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating two deadly shootings that happened in Southeast, D.C. early Saturday morning.
Just after midnight MPD officers responded to the 3000 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast for a reported shooting. In the area, they located a shooting victim in the 500 block of Parkland Place, Southeast. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said another man was shot as well, and walked himself to a nearby hospital. He was conscious and breathing, and no further information has been given about this status.
DC Police do not currently have any suspect description, or knowledge of a possible motive, in this shooting.
Less than an hour later reports came in for a second shooting about 2 miles away. Officers responded to the 1500 block of Good Hope Road, Southeast just before 1 a.m. and found a man dead from gunshot wounds.
He was later identified as 27-year-old Frank Maddox, of Capitol Heights, Maryland.
MPD has released no further information on this investigation, except that it is currently underway.
As of Friday, D.C. Police had reported 117 homicides for the year, a 14% increase over the same time last year.
MPD is currently offering a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone who can provide information which leads to an arrest or conviction of those responsible for homicides committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about these cases is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.