Document: Deadly Shooting in Northeast, DC

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a deadly shooting in Northeast, DC.

At approximately 3:17 p.m. on May 2, officers responded to the 1600 block of Benning Road, NE, for the report of a shooting, according to a press release. There, they found 45-year-old Junior Johnson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

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