22-year-old man fatally shot Friday night

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch is investigating the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old.

On Friday, Oct. 27, officers found Ernest Edwin Baylor, Jr. in the 2200 block of Hunter Place, SE. Baylor was taken to a local hospital for treatment and pronounced dead after all life-saving efforts failed.

Police have not yet released any suspect information.