The Metropolitan Police Department finally put out a formal press release yesterday on the Monday night killing of 44-year-old Shahabuddin Rana, the co-owner of the Edgewood Pizza Mart. But the release contained zero new information, and declined to offer a cause of death, pending an autopsy. Well now City Desk has the cause of death, courtesy the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: 'Rana died from "blunt head trauma" as well as "stab and incised wounds," according to the office’s spokesperson Beverly Fields.' D.C. Police have been passing out fliers all over the neighborhood around the Pizza Mart, located at 2300 4th Street NE, in the hopes of prompting someone with information about what happened to Rana to come forward.

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..as well as "stab and incised wounds"..
Tasteless jokes like, 'that sounds like a jumbo slice to me' are in poor taste and will not be tolerated. Need I remind you that a man is dead?
Rana and his brother seemed like fairly decent folks eking out a rough living in a sometimes rough neighborhood. That Pizza Mart was great for picking up a cheap cheese pizza on the nights we didn't feel like cooking. That anyone wanted to kill him is just beyond my comprehension. He'll be missed.