Document: Updated with decedent’s identification Homicide: 1500 Block of Kenilworth Avenue, Northeast

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a homicide that occurred on Aug. 12, on the 1500 block of Kenilworth Avenue, NE.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting, where they located two adult male shooting victims. One of the victims was found with no signs consistent with life, and the other was transported to a local hospital for the treatment of life-threatening injuries.

The homicide victim has been identified as 33-year-old Brent Hayward.

MPD is asking that anyone with information regarding the incident reach out to them.

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