Man found unconscious in Northeast DC dies

Shallow depth of field image taken of yellow law enforcement line with police car and lights in the background.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/carlballou)

A man found unconscious in Northeast D.C. on Monday night has died, according to police, and now homicide detectives are investigating.

He was found around 9 p.m. in the 3400 block of Benning Road NE, police said.

Police said he appeared to have suffered from a blunt force injury. They tweeted about “unknown trauma.”

The man’s identity has not been released.

Will Vitka

William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

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