Police searching for victim’s son as suspect in stabbing outside Children’s hospital

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A man was fatally stabbed near Children’s Medical Center Wednesday night, in what police are investigating as a domestic incident.

The D.C. Police Department tweeted Wednesday night that the man, later identified as Otis Byrd, had died and police were searching for the man’s suspect as the suspect.

As of Thursday at noon, the suspect still has not been arrested. Police responded to the 100 block of Michigan Ave., NW, near the hospital, and found Byrd suffering from stab wounds. He later died at the hospital.

This is the second domestic incident police were investigating Wednesday night. A man was charged with killing his father inside their home in Georgetown.