Document: MPD Investigating Fatal Southeast Shooting

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on Jan. 23, 3000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting, where they located a man with gunshot wound injuries inside a business. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries.

The vicim was identified as 59-year-old Raymond Leon Ballard.

The suspect vehicle was captured by a nearby surveillance camera.

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 in the District.

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