Document: Homicide in Northeast, DC

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a homicide that happened on Oct. 28.

According to a press release, at about 12:01 a.m., officers responded to the  600 block of Edgewood Street, NE, for the report of a shooting. There, they found 27-year-old Eric Cooper suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to the press release.