DC police identify man who died after being shot near Nationals Park

By Rich Hunter
September 29, 2024 | 7:29 AM

D.C. police have identified the man who died after being shot near Nationals Park on Friday.

Police said officers responded to a report of gunshots being heard in the 1300 block of South Capitol Street at K Street in Southwest just before 7 p.m.

Officers said they were “flagged down” for a man with “gunshot wound injuries.” He was transported to a hospital, where he later died.

The man has been identified as Marc Butler Jr., 28, of no fixed address.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact D.C. police.

A map of the area where the shooting happened is below.

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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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