Document: Homicide on 56th Street, NE

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that happened on Dec. 24.

At approximately 5:14 p.m., officers responded to the 200 block of 56th Street, NE, for the report of the sound of gunshots, according to a press release.

There, they found 24-year-old Parris Thurman suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on scene.