A man was fatally shot Thursday morning at a construction site on the campus of Howard University in Northwest Washington, according to D.C. police.
D.C. police Cmdr. James Boteler, who heads the Third District station, said officers in the Le Droit Park neighborhood rushed to the scene and found the wounded victim lying on a sidewalk. Boteler said he died at a hospital.Boteler also said investigators do not believe the shooting is related to the school or students. “We do not believe there is a threat” to the university, he said. “We believe preliminarily this is a potential robbery that went bad.
Thursday’s shooting was the second in eight days to occur on a college campus in the District. On July 5, 25-year-old Maxwell Emerson, a Kentucky teacher visiting for a conference, wasduring what authorities have said was a possible robbery. Police arrested a suspect in that case. Catholic University has said that neither the victim nor the man arrested was affiliated with the school in Northeast Washington.
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