Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect a mostly sunny day with temperatures reaching a high of around 54, accompanied by a northwest wind at 6 to 14 mph and gusts reaching up to 26 mph. For Tuesday night, the clouds will increase, and the temperature will drop to around 31 degrees. A north wind will blow at 3 to 7 mph.
🚨 You need to know
An Alexandria man was found fatally shot in DC early Sunday morning, Patch reported.
According to a release from the Metropolitan Police Department:
On Sunday, February 2, 2025, at approximately 3:03 a.m., Seventh District officers responded to the 2400 block of Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, Southeast, for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male, inside a vehicle, suffering from gunshot wounds. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene and after all lifesaving measures failed, the victim was pronounced dead.
The decedent has been identified as 37-year-old Alem Medmim, of Alexandria, VA.
Anyone who has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department’s TEXT TIP LINE at 50411. The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone who provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide committed in the District of Columbia.
Photo via Washington Metropolitan Police Department/Facebook
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