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Police identify body found last week after gunshot exchange | |
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A body was found last week in an apartment house in Southeast Washington where security guards earlier had been involved in an exchange of gunfire, D.C. police said. | |
On Tuesday, police identified the victim as Lamont Penny, 26, of no fixed address. Police said Penny was a transgender female who preferred the name Mia. | |
Police said the victim was likely wounded in the exchange of gunfire on Dec. 29 with security guards. | |
The incident occurred in a vacant building in the 4200 block of Barnaby Road SE, Police Chief Peter Newsham said. Guards securing the building encountered an armed person inside before both sides traded gunfire, Newsham said. | The incident occurred in a vacant building in the 4200 block of Barnaby Road SE, Police Chief Peter Newsham said. Guards securing the building encountered an armed person inside before both sides traded gunfire, Newsham said. |
After the shots, Newsham said, police found no victim who authorities at the time believed had fled the scene. But the chief said a body was found the next day after someone called police reporting an unconscious person. Police said the victim showed signs of trauma. | |
It was not clear what prompted the apparent shooting on Sunday. | It was not clear what prompted the apparent shooting on Sunday. |
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