METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
Peter Newsham

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Dustin Sternbeck

Chief of Police

Director

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Public Information Office: 202- 727-4383

May 27, 2019

Homicide: 2700 Block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue,
Southeast
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are
investigating a homicide that occurred on Sunday, May 26, 2019, in the 2700 block of Martin
Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast.
At approximately 5:40 pm, members of the Seventh District responded to the listed location for
the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, members located an unconscious adult male victim,
suffering from laceration wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the
scene and transported the victim to a local hospital. After all lifesaving efforts failed, the victim
was pronounced dead.
The decedent has been identified as 44 year-old Michael Hooker, of Southeast, DC.
The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that
provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons
responsible for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information
about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information
may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.
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