Document: 17-year-old Killed in Brightwood Park

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Aug. 10.

At around 9:34 p.m., police responded to the 5500 block of 9^th Street, NW for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they found Taijhon Wyatt, Jr., a 17-year-old resident of Northeast, DC, suffering from a gunshot wound. They found no signs consistent with life, and transported the victim to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Officers also found an adult male victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

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