Document: Deadly Shooting in Southeast, DC

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

At approximately 1:28 p.m. on May 20, officers responded to the intersection of Poplar Street and Oak Drive, SE, for the report of a shooting, according to a press release. There, they found 34-year-old Cedric Williams suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.