Document: Decedent Identified in Southwest

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Jan. 21 on the 4700 block of 1st Street, SW.

According to a press release, at about 10:41 pm, officers located 56-year-old Morgan Francis inside a residential building suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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