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- September 28, 2023
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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating the death of a man from injuries sustained on Aug. 16, 2021, on the 800 block of Bladensburg Road, NE.
According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of an assault, where they located a man on the sidewalk with life-threatening injuries. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
On Jan. 18, 2023, the victim died from the injuries sustained during the assault. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death as complications from impact head trauma and the manner of death a homicide.
The victim was identified as 30-year-old Antonio Bennett.
MPD is offering reward to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the homicide.