A man was shot and fatally wounded on Capitol Hill Saturday night, becoming the third homicide victim in that part of the District this month.

       The latest shooting occurred at 12th and D streets SE. A man was fatally shot earlier this month on a school playground there.

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       The other fatal shooting occurred about three quarters of a mile to the east, near 17th Street and Independence Avenue SE and in the neighborhood known as Hill East.

       Other than time and location, there was no information immediately available on Saturday that connected the three fatal shootings.

       In Saturday night’s incident, rescue personnel were called about 9:44 p.m. to the 12th Street intersection, according to D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Vito Maggiolo.

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       The man who was shot there was taken to a hospital, where he died, said police spokeswoman Alaina Gertz.

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       The previous shooting in the immediate vicinity occurred Oct. 6 on a field near Watkins Elementary School after a dispute following an adult flag football game. The Hill East homicide occurred two days later.

       The cluster of three shootings in the same general area this month comes amid a citywide increase in homicides of about eight percent. The two neighborhoods, both east of the Capitol, include stores and restaurants, and schools and churches, but are primarily residential. They include many single-family houses.

       The Oct. 6th shooting and the Saturday night shooting occurred about a 10 minute walk from the Eastern Market Metro station and a mile from the Capitol.