Document: Decedent identified Homicide: 4700 Block of 1st Street, 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 an adult male victim, inside a
residential building, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The decedent has been identified as 56-year-old Morgan Francis.