Document: Northwest Shooting Leaves Teen Dead

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a shooting that killed a teenager on Nov. 3 on the corner of 14th Street and Fairmont Street, NW.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of sounds of gunshots, where they located a juvenile male with gunshot wound injuries. He was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

A second juvenile male victim was located on the 1400 block of Fairmont Street, NW, conscious and breathing. He was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The homicide victim was identified as 14-year-old Niko Estep.

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