Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) are investigating a homicide that happened on the evening of Feb. 14.
At around 9:12 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of Branch Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE for the report of a shooting.
There, they found 18 year-old Maryland resident Cierra Young inside of a vehicle, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
The detective’s investigation found that the homicide occurred on the 3300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, according to a press release.
