Document: October 31 Homicide

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Oct. 31.

At approximately 4:17 p.m. police responded to the 2300 block of Green Street, SE, due to a report of a smell of smoke. Upon arrival, officers located a fire within an apartment. After extinguishing the fire, officers located 32-year-old Cynthia Barringer with thermal injuries and pronounced her dead on scene, according to the press release.

On Nov. 1 due to an autopsy, the cause of death was ruled a gunshot wound and the manner of death a homicide, according to the press release.