WASHINGTON – A man and a woman were found dead on Thursday afternoon in an apartment in Southeast D.C., police say.

No names have been released yet, but Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier tells ABC7 that the two had apparently suffered some trauma.

Lanier confirmed that officers found children at the apartment, on 17th Street in Southeast, when they arrived.

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