A man has been shot and killed in downtown D.C. near the Farragut North Metro station, and police are investigating whether the incident was nightclub-related.
About 2:40 a.m. Thursday, officers went to the 1000 block of 17th Street NW and found 24-year-old Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo, of Laurel, in the driver's seat of his vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. Danzo was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, according to D.C. police.
Lt. Robert Alder said investigators are looking into whether there had been fights at nearby nightclubs and the shooting occurred after an altercation. Police were working Thursday to determine a motive for the slaying.
"We have interviewed some people," Alder said.
According to media reports, a fight had occurred outside of Balletto nightclub prior to the shooting. Bill Hager, a spokesman for the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, told The Washington Examiner on Thursday afternoon that the agency had not received any requests from the police department to close the club.
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