Document: Virginia Man Shot to Death in Northeast, DC

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a Virginia man in Northeast, DC.

At approximately 11:35 p.m. on April 25, officers responded to the 5000 block of South Dakota Avenue, NE, for the report of a shooting and a traffic accident, according to a press release. There, they found 26-year-old Zekariya Elmi suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

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