Document: 29-Year-Old Shot to Death in Southeast, DC

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man.

At approximately 12:38 p.m. on April 12, officers responded to the 2800 block of Gainesville Street, SE, for the report of a shooting, according to a press release. There, they found 29-year-old William Venison suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.