WASHINGTON — Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department have opened a homicide investigation after discovering a man shot to death in Southeast D.C.
At 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning, officers responded to the 3400 block of Stanton Road after receiving reports of the sounds of gunshots.
At the scene, officers located a man who had been shot.
DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and after finding no signs consistent with life, pronounced the victim dead.
Police say the victim remained on the scene until transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The victim has since been identified as 36-year-old Little Price Jr., of Bladensburg, Maryland.
The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.
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