Man wounded in June shooting has died, DC police say

By David Andrews
September 11, 2023 | 4:51 PM

A man wounded in a shooting in Southwest D.C. nearly three months ago has died.

In a news release Monday, D.C. police said 31-year-old Ryan Morgan of Southwest, D.C. died on Sunday from injuries related to the June 14 shooting that also wounded two other people, including a juvenile.

Police responded to reports of a shooting shortly after 5:30 p.m. on June 14 in the 100 block of Atlantic Street in Southwest. Police said they found two shooting victims at the scene, Morgan and another man, who were both taken to the hospital in critical condition.

A third shooting victim, a juvenile male, was discovered at a nearby fire station with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. He was also taken to the hospital.

D.C. police are still investigating the shooting and are now offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
September 1, 2026 | 10:36 AM

The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.

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