In the early evening of Thursday, May 18, 2023, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace in the 300 block of Franklin Street NE in Washington, D.C. When the sounds of the shots faded, a man lay gravely wounded. Fifth District officers responded to a report of the shooting at approximately 6:47 p.m. and discovered an adult male suffering from gunshot wounds.
Emergency medical services arrived at the scene, but it was too late. The man, identified as 47-year-old Leonard Carter of Northwest, D
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