1 dead in shooting in northwest DC near Takoma

According to police, detectives are investigating what led to the shooting death of a man in northwest DC on Sunday evening.

Washington DC police said officers responded to a report of shots fired on Underwood Street near Piney Branch Road, outside the Takoma neighborhood, shortly after 11:30 p.m.

The officers found a man with numerous gunshot wounds who died at the scene. There are currently no suspects and the investigation is ongoing, the police said.

The shooting occurred hours after six people, three of them teenagers, were injured in a shooting in southeast DC.

Below is a map of the area where the shooting occurred.

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