Police are investigating two homicides and one nonfatal shooting that occurred in the District before 8 a.m. Wednesday, with the most recent incident occurring during rush hour on a busy street near Nationals Park.

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       The first homicide occurred just before 1 a.m. on the 5300 block of Astor Place SE. Police said they found a man in the vestibule of a building with an apparent gunshot wound. Delonte Williams, 24, of Southeast D.C. died on the scene.

       About two hours later, police responded to a call on the 1500 block of Benning Road NE. Inside a residence on that block, they said they found a woman suffering from an apparent stab wound. Northeast Washington resident Ladonia Boggs, who police said was 39, died at the scene.

       Last year, police accused Boggs of disposing of her infant son’s remains in a trash receptacle after she said he died in early May 2021. Prosecutors later decided not to pursue a murder charge, and she was released on her own recognizance. Police said her death has no known connection to the missing child.

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       Relatives of Boggs and Williams could not immediately be reached.

       Later Wednesday morning, around 7:45 a.m. in the 1500 block of South Capitol Street SW, a man was struck by gunfire, police said. He was unconscious and unresponsive, and police transported him to a hospital for treatment.

       D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III told reporters Wednesday morning that the shooting in the Navy Yard area had “domestic overtones” and that he was hopeful the victim would survive.

       All three incidents are under investigation.

       The bloody start to the day came after a difficult past few days for District residents. On Friday, a sniper sprayed more than 200 bullets toward a school in the Van Ness neighborhood, wounding four people. Three other men were shot on Kennedy Street in Northwest Washington on the same evening.

       On Saturday, a man died after he was shot and stabbed at a birthday party near Georgia Avenue NW, east of Columbia Heights. Two homicides occurred in the District on Monday.