Police respond to two fatal shootings just minutes apart Saturday morning

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Police are investigating two separate shootings early Saturday that left two men dead.

Police responded to reports of gunshots Saturday at around 2:51 a.m. where 24-year-old Antonio Dean was found with no signs of life. Dean, of Southwest, was found on the 1300 block of Stevens Road, SE.

Minutes later, police responded to a report of a shooting at around 2:57 a.m. There they found 26-year-old Kenneth Earl Watson, Jr. who was also found with no signs of life, and pronounced dead. Watson was found on the 300 block of 54th street, NE.