Document: Northwest Shooting Leaves Man Dead

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a shooting that killed a man on Nov. 2 on the 3400 block of 14th Street, NW.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located two men with gunshot wound injuries. Both victims were transported to local hospitals.

On Nov. 4, one of the victims succumbed to his injuries. He has been identified as 29-year-old Johansel Encarnacion.

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