A man with traumatic injuries died near the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Friday, and police are investigating it as a homicide, police said.
The injured man walked toward a parking attendant booth near a garage entrance on Virginia Avenue NW, police said.
An employee with a parking garage began to render aid, then called police about 7:30 a.m., Police Chief Robert Contee said.
The man was dead when first responders arrived, fire officials previously said.
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Upon further investigation found evidence of new injuries and old injuries from a prior assault, Contee said.
“Some of the injuries that he has appear to be in the healing stage and then some injuries… appear to be recent injuries,” Contee said.
Police initially reported the man had been shot, but no gunshots were reported nearby, Contee said.
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Police are investigating how the man ended up near the garage. It does not appear to be where the crime actually occurred, Contee said.
Contee asked the public to report anything seen in the area, such as a person getting dropped off by a car.
Police are reviewing camera footage.
Southbound and northbound lanes of Rock Creek Parkway at Virginia Avenue NW were blocked, according to the Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination program. Traffic was being diverted.
An extended closure is expected.
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