Document: Southeast Shooting Leaves Man Dead, Another Injured

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another injured on Oct. 30 on the 4300 block of Halley Terrace, SE.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting. While responding to the scene, officers were flagged down on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue by a man with gunshot wound injuries. He was transported to a local hospital, and admitted in stable condition. During the investigation, officers were notified of a walk-in shooting victim at a local hospital, who later died.

The victim was identified as 23-year-old Melvin Dock Jr.

MPD offers a reward to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide committed in the District.