Document: 17-Year-Old Pronounced Dead in Southeast, DC

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on the 800 block of Yuma Street, SE.

At approximately 2:33 p.m., officers located 17-year-old Dennis Simms suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.