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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- February 23, 2021
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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.