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- December 4, 2023
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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a shooting that killed a man on Dec. 3 on the 3000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE.
According to MPD documents, officers were in the area when they heard the sounds of gunshots and saw a vehicle fleeing the area. Officers located the vehicle a short distance away, and the male victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.
The victim was identified as 26-year-old Dionte Claytor.
MPD offers a reward to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide committed in the District.
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