Document: Police Seek Suspect in Deadly February Shooting

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are asking for the public’s help locating a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old Maryland man.

At approximately 5:10 a.m. on Feb. 27, officers responded to the 100 block of N Street, NW, for the report of a shooting, according to a press release. They found the victim, Michael Whitehead, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Darrow Johnson, a 33-year-old resident of Clinton, Md., is wanted on a DC Superior Court arrest warrant for second-degree murder while armed.

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