One Dead After Triple Shooting in Northeast D.C.

A man who was trying to rob two other men was shot and killed early Saturday in northeast D.C., police said.

The two men he tried to rob also were shot, police said.

The shooting happened in the 700 block of H Street at about 1:06 a.m. Police who responded found three men with gunshot wounds. 

Jerome Leroy Wright, 32, of northeast D.C. was pronounced dead on the scene; the other victims were sent to local hospitals. The hospitalized victims are expected to recover.

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