Father fatally shot while watching his son’s youth football practice, DC cops say
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A father was fatally shot at a park in southeast Washington, District of Columbia, police say.
D Angelo Nathaniel Taylor was at his son’s youth football team’s practice near Mississippi Avenue the evening of Sept. 1 when he was shot, according to a public incident report from the Metropolitan Police Department. Officers arrived at the scene shortly after 7 p.m. in response to reports of a shooting.
When police arrived, they found Taylor unresponsive after suffering gunshot wounds. Fire and EMS responders also arrived to the scene and pronounced Taylor dead at 7:35 p.m.
Police say they are still investigating and have not yet identified any suspects or motive, a spokesperson told McClatchy News.
Moira Ritter
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