Man fatally shot in Northeast D.C.

Published August 6, 2011 4:00am ET



D.C. police are investigating a shooting death in Northeast.

An adult man was found dead in a building on the 300 block of 18th Place NE shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday, said Officer Hugh Carew, a D.C. police spokesman. Carew said he believed the man was found in an apartment.

The man’s name was not released.

Carew said no arrests have been made and the circumstances of the killing are under investigation.

No other injuries were reported.