Document: Fatal Shooting in Anacostia

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a homicide that happened on the morning of Feb. 17.

At around 5:51 a.m., officers responded to the 1500 block of Butler Street, SE for the report of a shooting.

There, they found 29 year-old Dalonte McLean inside an apartment building, suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

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