Document: Man Dead After a Fight in Northeast, DC

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a homicide that occurred on July 27, 2022, on the 4400 block of Benning Road, NE.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a fight in progress, where they located 52-year-old Keith Sistare suffering from trauma. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries.

On Sept. 11, 2022, he succumbed to his injuries. He was transported to the Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Maryland where it was later ruled that he died from complications from blunt force injuries and ruled the death a homicide.

MPD is offering a reward to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the homicide.