Crime & Safety

Man Fatally Shot In Northeast Washington: Police

A Silver Spring, Md. man was found dead from a shooting in Northeast Washington early Thursday morning, police said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A man was fatally shot in Northeast Washington early Thursday morning, police said.

The shooting happened at about 1:23 a.m. in the 200 block of 54th St. NE.

The decedent has been identified as Donnell Lewis Byrd, 32, of Silver Spring, Md. Byrd was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.

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