Police have identified a man found by police suffering from fatal gunshot wounds Sunday morning as 25-year-old Rodney Delonte Davis of Manassas, Virginia.
According to police, Davis was found on the unit block of Galveston Place in Southwest at around 9 a.m. June 28 after police were alerted to a sighting of an unconscious male.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is performing an autopsy.
UPDATE: Police have identified the man killed as Joel Johnson.
Police are investigating the homicide of a homeless man, who was found fatally injured Friday night under a portico in a courtyard of the St. Luke’s Mission Center in Washington’s Glover Park neighborhood.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, on June 19, at approximately 10:00 pm, police received a call for an unconscious person in the 3600 block of Calvert Street, NW. Upon arrival, they found Johnson unconscious. Despite lifesaving attempts at the scene, Johnson succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the Washington Post, D.C. police initially described the incident as a stabbing but in a statement issued later Saturday said only that Johnson was found unconscious and “suffering from visible injuries.”
Police are investigating the shooting death of 23-year-old Kevin Cortez Johnson of Southeast, D.C.
Police say Johnson was found by police before midnight Friday suffering from gunshot wounds on the 1200 block of Raum Street in Northeast.
Johnson later died at a local hospital.
Police are investigating after a 21-year-old Maryland man was found fatally shot last Thursday June 25, 2015.
According to police, Stephon Marquis Perkins was found near the intersection of 16th and Galen streets in Southeast D.C. around 3:44 a.m. suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Perkins was transported to the MEDSTAR Unit of Washington Hospital Center where he later died from his injuries.
Police found Perkins while patrolling the area and are still searching for more information.
The body of a black male was found burning in a trash bin on the morning of June 23 and police are still investigating the circumstances.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the male was fatally shot before he was burned in the trash can in the 1200 block of Holbrook Terrace, NE.
According to the Washington Post, Officer Sean Hickman, a D.C. police spokesman, said the body was found about 5:40 a.m., about a block from West Virginia Avenue and the campus of Gallaudet University.
Police were initially alerted to the crime when firefighters—called to the scene by neighbors complaining about a trash can fire—found the body after extinguishing the flames. The body had been burned beyond recognition, initially preventing police from determining the sex and cause of death of the victim, according to the article. In an interview with ABC7 News, Police Chief Cathy Lanier stated that the crime is “unusual” as the area has been extremely quiet.
