Document: Homicide in Northeast

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a fatal shooting in Northeast on June 26.

At approximately 12:41 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 500 block of 50th Street, NE due to reports of gunshots.

Upon arrival, officers located 23-year-old Markel Ford suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.