Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred in the 5300 block of Dix Street, NE.

On Saturday, October 1, 2011, at approximately 12:28 a.m., units from the Sixth District were dispatched to the 5300 block of Dix Street, NE , to investigate the report of a shooting. Upon their arrival, they located an adult male who was unconscious, unresponsive and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Personnel from DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services transported the victim to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 12:57 a.m.. His remains have been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner pending an autopsy.

The decedent has been identified as 25-year-old Carlows Michael Eady of Northeast, DC.