A retired police officer in Washington, D.C., is in custody after allegedly fatally shooting his son following an unknown domestic incident.
Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) responded to reports of a domestic incident on the 2300 block of Woodridge Street, in Southeast, D.C. Monday. Neighbors said they heard a gunshot at roughly 9:30 p.m. Police arriving on scene found one man dead from a gunshot wound and took another into custody for questioning, reports NBC Washington.
Police said the man in custody is a retired officer of the MPD and is cooperating with the investigation. The circumstances around what provoked the shooting are unknown and officials have not confirmed the identity of the victim.
“You never imagine anything like this ever,” Kaye Love, a neighbor, told NBC4. “You would’ve never thought anything was wrong.”
Police responded to a separate shooting hours later on 3rd Street Southeast, near Washington Highlands. An unidentified man was found shot by responding officers and police say he died from his injuries. Authorities do not have anyone in custody or a suspect description in this case.
The shootings come on the heels of several violent nights across D.C. and the neighboring region. A man was fatally stabbed on K Street near Navy Yard and a 15-year-old and 16-year-old sustained injuries after a stabbing at a Metro station in Maryland.
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 121 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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