WASHINGTON — A Southeast D.C. shooting has left a 24-year-old man dead Thursday afternoon, according to police, sparking a homicide investigation.
Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department responded to Stanton Road Southeast, nearby Pomeroy Road Southeast, around 1:30 p.m. after a report of a shooting in the area. At the scene, officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
When medical aid arrived, they found that the man, later identified as Mykell Vicente, of Southeast, D.C., showed no signs consistent with life.
Police said Vicente was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
No motive has been released in the fatal shooting. Police have not said if there is a person of interest in the case.
The investigation is active and ongoing.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.
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