WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said Friday that a man who was beaten and robbed by two people more than a week earlier died from this injuries overnight.
Bryan Smith was walking in the 500 block of T St. NW around 5 a.m. on Oct. 27 when the people robbed him. Police received a call that Smith was unconscious. They found him on the ground when they arrived at the location.
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MPD said investigators determined that the people responsible for robbing Smith were connected to three other crimes in the hours that followed:
5:50 a.m.
- Police said the two people approached others in the 1900 block of 14th St. NW, assaulted them, and tried to take their belongings. They were not successful.
5:55 a.m.
- MPD said the two people went up to someone in the 1800 block of Vermont Ave. NW and robbed the person. That person was not hurt.
7:22 a.m.
- Detectives found that the two people confronted someone in the 900 block of Rhode Island Ave. NE, demanded items, and took them. The person wasn’t injured.