Deadly overnight shooting investigated near scene of transgender stabbing

WASHINGTON - Police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting in the northeast that investigators say happened close to where a transgender woman was stabbed the day before.

The fatal shooting occurred just after 2 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of Mount Olivet Road.

Detectives have not released a motive for the shooting. No suspects have been identified.

On Tuesday, a transgender woman was stabbed along West Virginia Avenue shortly after noon near the east gates of Gallaudet University.

Witnesses told police that the woman either jumped, or was pushed, from a car. She was taken to the hospital where she remains in critical condition.

No motives or suspects have been identified at this time.

Police have not said the two are related.