Document: Homicide: 1400 Block of Girard Street, Northwest

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is seeking the public’s assistance in the investigation of a homicide that occurred on July 22 on the 1400 block of Girard Street, NW.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting where they located an adult male shooting victim. A second shooting victim was located at the 1400 block of Fairmont Street, NW. Both victims were located with no signs consistent with life.

The victims have been identified as 29-year-old Luke Whitaker and 19-year-old Zion Hollingsworth-Hayes.

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