MPD Investigating Fatal Shooting of 14-year-old Irving Laboard of Northeast

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a fatal shooting in Southeast.

On Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at 7:19 a.m., Sixth District officers responded to Fort Dupont Drive, Southeast, for the report of a person down. Officers found a juvenile male suffering from gunshot wounds. DC Fire and EMS were called to the scene. After all life-saving measures failed, he was pronounced dead.

The decedent has been identified as 14-year-old Irving Laboard of Northeast, DC.

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone who provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.

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