WASHINGTON — Police are investigating after a teenager was shot to death in Southeast D.C. Monday afternoon.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting happened in the 2300 block of Green St., SE just after 3:45 p.m.
When officers arrived, they found an unconscious teenage boy who had been shot. The teen, later identified as 16-year-old Jamal Jones, died at the scene.
There is no word on any possible motive or what may have happened in the moments leading up to the shooting.
Investigators are on the lookout for a man between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10 with medium dreads, and wearing a white and beige short-sleeve hoodie. A second suspect is described as a man with a beard, wearing a black sweatshirt, black pants and black shoes.
Jones' death marks the 199th homicide recorded this year in the District, which is a 28% increase from this time last year. In 2022, 203 people were murdered for the year.
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