Document: Police Investigate 2 Shootings

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            The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating two fatal shootings that occurred less than an hour apart on Aug. 27.

According to a press release, just after midnight, police found Tony Lamont Payne, Jr. suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in a residence on the 3900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Payne, 36, was taken to a nearby hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.

Thirty minutes later, police responded to the 1900 block of 9th Street, NW on reports of gunfire. After arriving on the scene, police found 22-year-old Phillip Dumbuya and an unidentified male suffering from gunshot wounds. Dumbuya succumbed to his injuries at an area hospital. The unidentified male sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Police are offering up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in these homicides or any other homicide in DC.

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