Document: Woman Killed in Fairlawn

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman.

At approximately 12:01 p.m. on March 15, officers responded to the 2200 block of Minnesota Avenue, SE, for the report of a shooting, according to a press release. They found 37-year-old Nikia Young suffering from gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

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