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D.C. man shot, killed

D.C. police found a District man suffering from gunshot wounds at around 12:35 a.m. Sunday on 58th Street Southeast between East Capital Street and Southern Avenue. Fire and emergency services personnel, who arrived shortly after police, pronounced the man dead. Police are investigating the shooting as a homicide and have identified the victim as 27-year-old James Edward Johnson, who lived on the 600 block of 49th Street NE. A D.C. police spokesman could provide no further details regarding the shooter or the circumstances surrounding the man’s death.



Man, 23, shot and killed in Gaithersburg

Montgomery County police are investigating the homicide of a 23-year-old man who was shot near a Gaithersburg bus stop Saturday night. The victim was at the Lake Forest Transit Center when he was approached by a male, according to a police statement. The male shooter and the victim may have had a brief verbal exchange, after which the male shot the 23-year-old at least once before fleeing on foot. Montgomery County police responded to the call around 10:45 p.m. Fire and rescue personnel transported the victim to the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, where he died of his wounds.

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