3Washington, DC – A woman was found fatally shot inside a residence in Benning Heights late Wednesday morning, prompting a homicide investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department.

At approximately 11:01 a.m. on August 13, Fifth District officers responded to the 3300 block of 15th Street NE after receiving a report of a shooting . Inside the location, officers found an adult female unconscious but still breathing, suffering from gunshot wounds.

DC Fire and EMS transported the victim to a nearby hospital where, despite emergency medical efforts, she was pronounced dead .

The victim has been identified as 36-year-old Mignon Brown-Massey, a resident of Northeast DC.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation. Authorities have not yet announced

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