Document: Two Dead, Three Injured After Shooting in Northeast DC

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a mass shooting that left two men dead and three men injured on Sept. 27 on the 2500 block of 14th Street, NE.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting, where they located 41-year-old Nathaniel Limes and 46-year-old James Cooper Jr. suffering from gunshot wounds. Both victims died at the scene.

A third victim was located with gunshot wounds, and was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Two additional victims were located at local hospitals receiving treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.

MPD is offering a reward to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the homicides.

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