Document: 16 Year Old Shot to Death in Southwest, DC

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The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred on the 200 block of M Street, SW.

According to a press release, police found 16-year-old Domonique Franklin, a resident of Southeast, DC, unconscious with multiple gun shot wounds on Aug. 30. He died on the scene.

According to WTOP, the camera that right outside of the apartment building where Franklin’s body was found was not working.

Franklin has been reported missing and subsequently found multiple times over the last year.

Police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this homicide or any other homicide in Washington, DC.  Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s Text Tip Line — 50411.



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