Document: Homicide in Southeast

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On Aug. 10, Metropolitan Police Department detectives located 52-year-old Leslie Simpson on the 200 block of Savannah Street, SE.

She was found suffering from apparent gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at an area hospital.

As a result of the MPD detective’s investigation, 65-year-old Steven Dreher who was the suspect in this case was located deceased as a result of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.