A man was shot and killed on Catholic University's campus in Northeast D.C. Wednesday morning, police say.
D.C. police said the man was found suffering from a gunshot wound about 8:20 a.m. in the 600 block of Alumni Lane.
Surveillance video shows two men walking onto the campus from Michigan Avenue NE into the plaza in front of Father O'Connell Hall, police said. After a few minutes, one of the men shot the other before running off, police said.
The victim was identified as 25-year-old Maxwell Emerson. Family members told News4 that he was a teacher from Crestwood, Kentucky, and in D.C. with his mother and brother for the Fourth of July.
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Emerson had won a grant to attend a professional development workshop at the Library of Congress, and was on his way there when he was gunned down, family said.
Catholic University and police said that there were two people involved who knew each other and the shooting wasn't random. Emerson's loved ones, however, dispute that claim.
Investigators said neither person is affiliated with Catholic University.
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