On Tuesday afternoon, the body of Shahabuddin Rana, 44, was found inside his Pizza Mart shop located along the 2300 block of 4th Street NE. Rana's homicide was complicated by reports of a small fire near his body and by the fact that the D.C. Police Department would not say how he died. DCist and WJLA have followed the murder closely.

Today, City Desk called the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in an effort to clear up the mystery behind Rana's murder. The medical examiner was able to provide the answer.

Rana died from "blunt head trauma" as well as "stab and incised wounds," according to the office's spokesperson Beverly Fields.

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The Washington Blade has done some solid reporting on this morning's horrible news. At around 3 a.m., a 35-year-old man was shot in the head and killed walking home from Fox & Hounds. The shooting took place at 11th and Q Streets NW.

The Blade reports:

"The victim was identified as Durval V. Martins of the 200 block of Bates Street, N.W. A police statement said Martins also suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body.

Acting Lt. Brett Parson, who oversees the police’s Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit, said the motive for the killing was unknown but could have been robbery. He noted that officers found the victim’s wallet in his hand.

Martins’ credit cards, cash, cell phone, and jewelry were still in his possession, Parson said."

We will be updating this story soon.

Via DCist.

This past Wednesday, Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a report of shots fired along the 800 block of Southern Avenue SE. The 911 call came at 10:01 p.m. When they arrived on the block, officers found two adult males suffering from gunshot wounds, according to a department release.

Both victims were taken to an area hospital. One of the victims died from his wounds. He was pronounced dead at 10:50 p.m. The man has been identified as Carlos Christopher Smith, of the 800 block of Southern Avenue, SE.

Smith was 27 years old.

On Monday, November 3, D.C. police responded to a report of gunshots along the the 1200 block of Brentwood Road NE.

"Upon arrival, they located a juvenile male in the rear of 1287 Brentwood Road suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to an area hospital and admitted in critical condition," according to a department release.

Yesterday, the victim, LaDonta Longshore, was pronounced dead. Longshore was 15 years old. Homicide detectives have now been assigned to the case.

A few days ago, the D.C. Police Department released the names of two recent murder victims.

Dimitri Boykins, 20, lived on the 200 block of 37th Street, SE. He was killed last week on October 29. According to the police department, just after 3 p.m., Boykins was found at the 5700 block of Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE. He was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at 3:33 p.m.

Bernard Holmes, 35, lived on the 700 block of Congress Street SE. He was killed last week on October 29. According to the police department, at about 4:22 p.m., Holmes was found laying in front of 3500 Wheeler Road SE, "suffering from a gunshot wound to the body." He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 5:09 p.m.

Credit is tight, tempers are flaring, and times are bad. Here are some tools from people-in-the-know on how to cope:

-From Adultswim.com ("where spare time goes to die") comes Kill Thy Neighbor, which allows players to "Solve the housing crisis by destroying your neighbor's." Play as Tapioca Phil (the homeless guy), Nadine (the trailer park momma), G.I. Jenkins (retiree on the verge of homelessness), or Bill (the guy who has it all). The object is to blast your opponents abode with various objects.

-The LifeQuake Doctor, aka, Dr. Toni Galardi, is a self-described "expert on change." Her "RX for the real bailout" is short on economics and long on pop-psychobabble, but it sure is fun reading.

-Janice Taylor over at Huffington Post advises stressed consumers to "say NO to the emotional eating bailout."

Commenters: any other thoughts on how to deal with the bailout?