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One man dead, another hospitalized after shooting in Southeast DC

Police are looking for a grey Buick in connection to this shooting.

WASHINGTON — One man was killed and another injured after a Thursday night shooting in Southeast D.C., police say.

Shortly before 9:30 p.m., officers were called to the 2000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast for the report of a shooting. 

At the scene, two men were found suffering from gunshot wounds. When medical officials arrived at the scene, they found one man showing no signs consistent with life and he was pronounced dead. 

The man killed has since been identified as 24-year-old Mario Leonard of Temple Hills, Maryland.

The second man was taken to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are looking for a grey Buick in connection to this shooting. Homicide Unit detectives were called to the scene.

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information that 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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She says the intersection had a flashing red light. She pulled out into the intersection and says a driver did as well, cutting her off.

"So I hit his mirror with my hand out of frustration," said VanDyke. "Then I get to the next light and I realized he was following behind me. So, I make a turn into the opposite lane of traffic to try and get away, but he also makes that turn. We end up doing quite a few circles around the intersection," she said.

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