Police Find Body While Investigating Another Case

District of Columbia police are investigating a fatal shooting after officers discovered a gunshot victim while investigating another case.

Police say officers were canvassing an area in the 3500 block of Stanton Road SE early Sunday morning on another investigation. That's when they found a man who was unconscious and suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

The victim is identified as 25-year-old Jeffrey Jarrell Garnett of D.C.

Officers called D.C. Fire and EMS personnel, but Garnett was pronounced dead.

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