Document: Man Dies After Shooting in Northwest

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a shooting that killed a man on Oct. 21, at the 900 block of U Street, NW.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting, where they located a man with a gunshot wound. He succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

The victim was identified as 24-year-old Diamonte Lewis.

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