WASHINGTON (Map, News) - D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier ordered an emergency closure of a jazz and go-go club near the Farragut North Metro Station on Thursday after a 30-year-old Northeast D.C. man was shot and killed Wednesday night.

The victim left The Meeting Place at 1707 L St. NW at about 10:20 p.m. and was waiting near his car when he was shot by an unidentified gunman. He was taken to the George Washington University Hospital where he died of multiple gunshot wounds to the body, police said.

The victim was identified as 30-year-old Edward Badenbaugh, of the 300 block of 63rd Street Northeast.

Lanier ordered a 96-hour closure of the business while the investigation continues, police said. This is the third time in about five months that she has used her emergency powers to shut down a nightclub.

An initial investigation by the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration found no sign of an altercation inside the bar that might have spilled outside. The club was hosting a birthday party with entertainment from the band E-U, featuring Sugar Bear.

Victor Wexler, the local advisory neighborhood commissioner, said The Meeting Place was not on his radar as a bar to keep an eye on.

“Something like this can happen,” he said. “This came as a total shock.”

Violent crime in Farragut North is rare but not unprecedented. In the past 60 days, within 1,000 feet of 17th and L streets, there were eight violent crimes, according to police statistics — four robberies excluding a gun, three assaults with a deadly weapon excluding a gun, and one assault with a gun.

There were 39 property crimes during that same period: 25 thefts, two burglaries, nine thefts from auto and three stolen cars.

mneibauer@dcexaminer.com