In the midst of summer — and for the first time in August — Washington, DC has recorded another homicide.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, 44-year-old Denard Orlando Hartwell, a resident of Northeast DC, was found Aug. 8 suffering from gunshot wounds on the 4400 block of Livingston Road, SE. The homicide has been recorded as the 73rd fatal shooting this year.
The Washington Post reported that a bystander took Hartwell to a hospital where he succumbed to his injures.
According to D.C. Witness data, there have been 96 homicides as of Aug. 8, a 28 percent increase from this same time last year. There were 75 documented homicides at this same time last year.
A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case of any other homicide case in DC.
