Document: Homicide in Northeast, DC

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a homicide that happened on March 27.

At around 1:11 a.m., officers responded to the 1700 Block of Gales Place, NE for the report of the sounds of gunshots.

There, they found 42-year-old Kermit Cain Jr. suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on scene.

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