Document: Victim of Nov. 2 Homicide Identified

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) identified the victim of a Nov. 2 homicide.

At around 2:22 p.m., officers responded to the 4000 block of Ames Street, NE for the report of an unconscious person. There, they found an adult male, in the wooded area alongside the location, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The victim’s identity was withheld pending next of kin notification. However, he has now been identified as 24 year-old Avadis Holtzclaw, of Northwest, DC.