Document: Homicide in Douglass

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a homicide that occurred on Jan. 21 in the Douglass neighborhood. 

At around 9:45 p.m., officers responded to the 1800 Block of Alabama Avenue, SE, for the sound of gunshots. Upon arrival, they found 27 year-old Damareus Scott suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene.