WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Police said that officers took someone into custody Thursday afternoon after a man died in a shooting that a started as a fight inside a deli market in Northwest.
The Metropolitan Police Department said that a call about the sound of gunshots in the 1900 block of 7th St. NW came in around 1:15 p.m. Nearby officers heard the gunfire and ran over to investigate.
When they arrived, police said they found a man who had been shot. They provided first aid immediately until DC Fire and EMS got there and took him to the hospital where he died.
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MPD said that there had been an altercation between at least three people in the vestibule of the deli that carried out into the street and led to the shooting.
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