Document: Homicide on the Unit Block of 54th Street, SE

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating three homicides that occurred on Oct. 23.

At approximately 1:26 a.m. police responded to the Unit block of 54th Street, SE, due to sounds of gunshots. Upon arrival, police located an adult female victim with gunshot wounds and pronounced her dead on scene. The victim was later identified as 38-year-old Rickisha Waller-Henderson, according to the press release.