Document: Vehicle of Interest Sought in Connection with Homicide

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives seek the public’s assistance identifying and locating a vehicle in connection with the fatal shooting of 18 year-old Maryland resident Cierra Young.

At around 9:12 p.m. on Feb. 14, officers responded to the intersection of Branch Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, for the report of a traffic crash, according to a press release.

There, they found Young inside a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The detectives’ investigation determined the offense to have happened on the 3300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE.

The vehicle, which was captured by a surveillance camera, is believed to be a white Mercedes-Benz with heavily tinted windows.

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