A man was fatally shot Monday afternoon in Northwest Washington, the D.C. police said.

       The shooting occurred at 3:10 p.m. in the 600 block of Jefferson Street, said Officer Sean Hickman, a police spokesman.

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       The man’s name was withheld until relatives could be notified.

       No information was immediately available about who shot the man or why.

       The street is a block of rowhouses in the Brightwood Park area with porches and front lawns behind metal fences.