Document: October 16 Homicide

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating an Oct. 16 homicide.

At approximately 9:43 p.m. officers responded to the 400 block of 12th Street, SE, due to a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, police located 27-year-old Devante Waters with gunshot wounds and transported him to a local hospital. He later succumbed to his injuries, according to the press release.