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Woman fatally shot in Alexandria

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December 7, 2018 at 10:20 p.m. EST

This story has been updated.

A 20-year-old woman was fatally shot Friday morning in Alexandria, police said.

At around 9:45 a.m., officers responded to the 5500 block of Holmes Run Parkway for the report of a shooting, Alexandria police said in a statement. They found a woman on the street with an upper-body injury, and she was taken to a hospital, where she died, the statement said.

The woman was identified by police as Diamond Moore, 20, of Alexandria.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 703-746-6689.

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This is the fourth killing in Alexandria in 2018, according to police.