A 36-year-old man was fatally shot early Wednesday at a gas station in Southeast Washington, according to D.C. police.

       The shooting occurred shortly before 1:15 a.m. in the 2800 block of Alabama Avenue SE, near a shopping center in the Naylor Gardens area.

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       Police identified the victim as Vernon Harrison of Northeast Washington. A police report says he had been shot multiple times.

       No arrests were made, and police did not describe a possible motive.

       There have been 98 homicides in the District this year, a 17 percent increase from this time in 2021. Last year, killings topped 200 for the first time in nearly two decades.