Updated 4 hours ago
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A man was struck in the back by a bullet while sleeping in a bed early Thursday morning, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The victim said he heard a noise and felt pain in his back about 2:30 a.m. in the 600 block of Farragut Street NW, police said. His wife woke up because of the noise and saw he had been shot. A person who was in the basement also heard the noise, went to the first floor and also witnessed the victim had been shot.
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