Shooting Leaves One Man Dead in NE DC

Metropolitan police detectives are investigating a shooting death in northeast Washington on Friday night.

Police said they received a call shortly before 9:30 p.m. about a shooting in the 3700 block of Hayes Street, Northeast. When they arrived, they found Joseph Andre Robinson, 31, of southeast Washington, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

Robinson was transported to a hospital, where he died.

Police have no information on a suspect and are asking for the public’s help in providing information to solve this crime. They said this is first homicide for the city in 2016.

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