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

August 30, 2019

Homicide: 200 Block of M Street, Southwest
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are
investigating a homicide that occurred on Friday, August 30, 2019, in the 200 block of M Street,
Southwest.
At approximately 8:34 am, members of the First District and DC Fire and Emergency Medical
Services responded to the listed location for the report of an unconscious person. Upon arrival,
members located a juvenile male inside of a residence, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services determined the victim displayed no signs consistent
with life. The victim remained on the scene until transported to the Office of the Chief Medical
Examiner.
The decedent has been identified as 16 year-old Dominique Franklin, 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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