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Shooting death of Washington man a mystery

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A Facebook photo of Marius Chatman

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A Washington police officer canvasses Seventh Ward playground Wednesday morning for clues to the fatal shooting of Marius Trevaugh Chatman, 24, of Washington.

Washington police were knocking on doors Wednesday in the city’s 7th Ward, looking for anyone with information on the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Washington man in an alley near the playground.

Marius Trevaugh Chatman was found lying in an alley with multiple gunshot wounds at School Avenue between the 400 blocks of Donnan and Shirls avenues.

City police Lt. Dan Stanek said officers arrived within minutes of getting the report of shots being fired.

“We are still trying to piece together what happened,” Stanek said. “Right now, some of the officers are banging on doors trying to find someone who might have heard something. This investigation is going to take some time.”

Stanek said there was no vehicle left in the area and they are not sure how Chatman got there. There were no reports of any loud voices or arguments before the shots were fired. Chatman’s mother lives in the city’s West End, but Stanek said he no longer lived with his mother. He said Chatman had no known current address.

A resident of the area, who did not want to be identified, said his son heard approximately eight shots being fired and saw two people running from the scene.

Chatman is the second person to be shot and killed in the city in less than a month. Jerald Thompson, 18, is awaiting trial on charges of homicide and reckless endangerment for allegedly shooting his girlfriend’s stepfather Feb. 6. Thompson is accused of shooting Jerred Price when he came to Thompson’s home with his former wife to pick up his stepdaughter.

Stanek asked anyone with information about the shooting call city police at 724-223-4226 during regular business hours or 911.

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