Document: Homicide at Thomas Circle and Massachusetts Avenue

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a fatal shooting at Thomas Circle and Massachusetts Avenue, NW.

At approximately 9:47 a.m. on May 23, officers heard a gunshot, according to a press release. A witness directed officers to the location, where they found 32-year-old Emmanuel Lys suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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