Police are hunting for suspects after a stabbing in Washington, D.C., left a man dead Sunday night during an assault on K Street.
Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) responded to reports of an aggravated assault on K Street near Navy Yard. Police arrived and found a man suffering from stab wounds in serious condition when they entered the residence. First responders with the D.C. Fire and EMS Department arrived at the crime scene and rushed the victim to a local area hospital where he succumbed to his wounds, reports WJLA.
Police said the victim is 40-year-old David Nathaniel Thomas, a resident from Southeast, D.C. Authorities have not released any information on a possible suspect or motive for the murder.
There was a double stabbing outside a D.C. Metro station Sunday afternoon. Officers from the Montgomery County Police Department responded to the scene at the Wheaton Metro station and found a 15-year-old and 16-year-old suffering serious but non-life threatening injuries. The unidentified victims were attacked near the Wheaton bus station loop on Viers Mill Road in Silver Spring, Md., at roughly 3:15 p.m. EST.
Another man suffered a stabbing attack Saturday evening in Adam’s Place in Northeast, D.C. The victim was found conscious and breathing and police are still looking for a suspect in that attack.
The homicide rate in the District spiked 54 percent in 2015, and is 16 percent lower so far this year. D.C. is suffering a violent year overall, with 120 homicides across the city. The homicide rate is down from the shocking numbers in 2015, but is still historically high. There were a total of 105 homicides in 2014 and 88 in 2012.
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