1DC man shot dead in Southeast home as police arrest woman at the scene

Washington, DC – A 56-year-old man was shot and killed inside a Southeast home early Sunday morning, and police arrested a woman at the scene in what they are calling a domestic homicide.

Officers from the Sixth District rushed to the 3000 block of P Street SE just before 9 a.m. after a report of gunfire. Inside the residence, they found Richard Walker, unresponsive and suffering from a single gunshot wound. Despite efforts by DC Fire and EMS, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Walker, a resident of the same Southeast neighborhood, was identified shortly after.

As officers secured the scene, they located a woman who had remained on the property. Detectives questioned her and, based on evidence gathered on site,

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