Document: Homicide in Northeast

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on June 18, on the 1300 block of Adams Street, NE.

According to a press release, at about 8:47 am, officers located 52-year-old John Howard suffering from injuries consistent with an assault.

On June 19, he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at a local hospital. His cause of death was determined to be from multiple blunt force injuries.