MPD Investigating Georgia Avenue Homicide: 53-Year-Old Man Dies, Reward of Up to $25,000 Offered
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of Washington, D.C., said on November 4 that it is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on October 29 in the 3600 block of Georgia Avenue, in which 53-year-old Ricardo Waymon Jones was found with a gunshot wound and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward.
According to the department, at approximately 4:08 p.m. on October 29, Fourth District officers responded to the 3600 block of Georgia Avenue for a report of a shooting and found an adult male unconscious and not breathing, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. DC Fire and EMS transported him to a local hospital, where, despite lifesaving efforts, he was pronounced deceased.
The decedent has been identified as 53-year-old Ricardo Waymon Jones, of Northwest, D.C. No suspect information was released, and the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with knowledge of the incident is asked to take no action but to call police at (202) 727-9099 or text a tip to the department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411. MPD currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide committed in the District of Columbia. The case number is 26155553.
(Source: Metropolitan Police Department)
Source: Metropolitan Police Department
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