Document: 19 Year Old Killed in Southwest, DC

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man in Southwest, DC.

On the night of May 10, officers found Deonte Pittman on the Unit Block of Galveston Street, SW, suffering from a gunshot wound, according to a press release. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Officers received another call for an adult male shooting victim on the Unit block of Forrester Street, SW. That victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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