Document: Police Investigate Homicide in Anacostia

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a homicide that occurred on Nov. 1 on the 1300 block of Mapleview Place SE.

According to a press release, officers responded to a report of a shooting at the location at 1 a.m. Kareem Palmer, 16, was pronounced dead at a local area hospital.

The department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case or any other homicide case in Washington, DC. Anyone with information is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099 or send an anonymous text to the department’s Text Tip Line — 50411.

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