Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the 2022 shooting of a man in Southeast as a homicide after he succumbed to his injuries.
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, members of the Seventh District responded to the 2500 block of Pomeroy Road, Southeast, for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, members located an adult male suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries.
On February 7, 2024, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
The victim has been identified as 40-year-old Cesar Barrera of Southeast, D.C.
The DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner performed an autopsy. As a result, on May 22, 2024, the DC OCME determined that the cause of death was complications of gunshot wounds. The manner of death was ruled a homicide.
Anyone who has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police