Document: Homicide in Southeast, DC

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a homicide that happened on April 1 on the 2600 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE.

At around 4:22 pm, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting. 

Upon arrival, they found 18 year-old Michael Benbow suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Officers also located a juvenile female victim suffering from a graze wound and a second adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. Both were transported to the local hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.

A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered by the MPD for any individual who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the homicide.