Document: Decedent Identified: Homicide: Unit Block of Forrester Street, Southwest

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is seeking the public’s assistance in investigating a homicide that occurred on Aug. 3 on the Unit block of Forrester Street, SW.

According to MPD documents, officers were dispatched to the scene after hearing gunshots and located an adult female shooting victim. The victim was pronounced dead after DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services found no signs of life.

The victim has been identified as 42-year-old Ebone Lavender.