A man was fatally shot in the District on Tuesday, D.C. police said. The death appeared to be the second homicide in the District in the new year.

       The man was shot about 4:40 p.m. in the 3300 block of 12th Street SE, said Officer Sean Hickman, a police spokesman.

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       Details of the circumstances were not available late Tuesday.