Update: Homicide. Shooting near the Convention Center 4:44pm Friday

Readers report from 7th and N/M just before 5pm: “yet another shooting around 7th & M st.”

Update from MPD:

“Alert: Shooting in the 1200 Block of 7th Street NW. LOF B/M, black mask, black hoodie, black pants, white shoes, armed with (2) handguns. L/S in a Mercedes Benz, gray colored sedan w/ front end damage and unknown paper tags.”

Full release from MPD:

“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred on Friday, November 4, 2022, in the 700 block of N Street, Northwest.

At approximately 4:44 pm, members of the Third District responded to the listed location for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, the members located a juvenile male victim, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and transported the victim to an area hospital. After all life-saving efforts failed, the victim was pronounced dead.

The decedent has been identified as 15-year-old Makai Green, of Northwest, 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 each 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.”