Connecticut Ave NW Stabbing Victim Identified as Sephar Jean-Simon

Ivan Natividad — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:54:48 -0500

A man fatally stabbed early Monday morning on the 1200 block of Connecticut Ave. Northwest has been identified by police as 22-year-old Sephar Jean-Simon of Silver Spring, Md.

Police have not arrested anyone in the case.

A press release from MPD is after the jump.

November 18, 2013

Homicide: 1200 Block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest

(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a fatal stabbing which occurred in the 1200 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest.

On Monday, November 18, 2013 at approximately 2:10 am, officers from the Second District responded to the 1200 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest for the report of a disorderly fight. Upon their arrival, they located an unconscious adult male suffering from an apparent stab wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded and transported the victim to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The victim was later transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia, pending an autopsy.

The decedent is identified as 22 year-old Sephar Jean-Simon of Silver Spring, Maryland.

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons wanted for any 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 text messaging 50411.

Sephar Jean-Simon | Homicide Watch DC

Connecticut Ave NW Stabbing Victim Identified as Sephar Jean-Simon