1 dead in Northeast DC shooting

WASHINGTON — Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in Northeast D.C. Friday afternoon.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, officers were called 4100 block of Ames Street Northeast just before 4 p.m.

When officers arrived, they found a man had been shot. The man was unconscious and not breathing when help found him. 

Police said the man later died.

Detectives with MPD's Violent Crimes Branch have been called to the scene. 

Investigators are on the lookout for a man wearing a black T-shirt who was last seen walking toward East Capitol Street. 

Police had closed the roadway between 41st and 42nd streets while they investigated. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at (202) 727-9099 or text the department's tip line at 50411. 

A 31-year-old father of four who had been living in Alexandria, Virginia for less than a year was gunned down early Monday morning as he finished up a late Lyft shift.  Nasrat Ahmad Yar's wife wanted him to come home after a night out with friends, but he told her rent was due soon and he needed to keep working, right before he was shot and killed in his car.