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- May 3, 2022
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The death of a 58-year-old man in January has been ruled a homicide.
At approximately 12:00 a.m. on Jan. 25, Metropolitan Police Department officers found Eduardo Cruz in a vehicle on the 4800 block of Colorado Avenue, NW, unconscious and unresponsive. He had injuries consistent with an assault, according to a press release.
On Jan. 29, Cruz succumbed to his injuries. An autopsy determined his cause of death to be complications from blunt force trauma and his manner of death was ruled a homicide. Police say the investigation suggests the offense that took Cruz’s life occurred in a home on the 3700 block of Georgia Avenue, NW.
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