The Alexandria Police Department has identified the man fatally shot Wednesday on N. Patrick Street as 27-year-old D.C. resident Marquette Holmes.
Officers had responded to shots fired at the 900 block of N. Patrick Street around 6:36 p.m. Wednesday. At the scene, police located a man, now identified as Holmes, and a teenage male suffering from gunshot wounds, first responders said on the scanner.
Holmes and the teenager were transported to separate hospitals, where Holmes later died. The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined the shooting to be a homicide, according to an APD announcement today (Friday).
The teenager was treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to APD.
Police have since increased patrols in the area, and detectives are talking with neighbors to collect evidence, APD said in the announcement.
APD is seeking doorbell and in-car dash camera videos or photos from the area of N. Patrick and N. Alfred streets between 2-7 p.m. Wednesday to investigate. These can be submitted to the department’s public evidence portal in reference to case # 26-007165.
Detective Escobar with the Violent Crimes Unit of the Criminal Investigations Division is also open to anonymous tips at 703-746-6819.
ALXnow has reached out to APD for more information.
