The District of Columbia lost the following individual to violence in recent days:
- August 14 — 1900 block of Frederick Douglass Court, SE (shooting)
25-year-old Delante Colson, of Southeast - August 14 — 3400 block of 22nd Street, SE (shooting)
25-year-old Lamont Johnson, of Northeast - August 15 — 1500 block of 45th Street, NE (8/14 shooting)
20-year-old Alonzo Hines, Jr., of Southeast - August 17– 1500 block of 18th Street, SE (shooting)
28-year-old William Roland, of Southeast - August 18 — 1500 block of 45th Street, NE (shooting)
40-year-old Corey Wells, of Capital Heights, MD. - August 16 — 2300 block of 18th Street, NW (8/8 blunt force)
51-year-old Todd Messer, of no fixed address
(assault: 8/8; succumbed to injuries: 8/16; homicide ruled: 8/19)
We are still in the 30-day mourning period for the following individuals lost to violence in the District:
- July 15 — 1300 block of Euclid Street, NW (stabbing)
59 year-old Ronald Jones, of Northwest - July 17 — 3800 block of 2nd Street, SE (shooting)
28 year-old Mondell Valentine, of Takoma Park, MD - July 18 — 2700 block of Naylor Road, SE (shooting)
11-year-old Karon Brown, of Southeast - July 19 — 1100 block of Queen Street, NE (double shooting)
17-year-old Ahkii Washington-Scruggs of Northeast - July 19 — 1100 block of Queen Street, NE (double shooting)
57-year-old Hugh Washington of Northeast, DC. - July 20 — 1100 block of U Street, NW (shooting)
34-year-old Eric Byrd of Southeast - July 20 — 3000 block of 30th Street, SE (shooting)
23-year-old Delwaun Lyons, of Southeast - July 21 — 1300 Block of Congress Street, SE (shooting)
27-year-old Jamal Bandy, of no fixed address. - July 21 — 2600 Block of Sherman Avenue, NW (7/20 shooting)
30-year-old John Fenner Thomas, of Northeast - July 22 — 1300 Block of Saratoga Avenue, NE (shooting)
32-year-old Curtis Lowell Franklin, of Northeast - July 23 — 3900 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SW (7/8 shooting)
20-year-old Timothy Richardson, of Northeast
this is the second, recently succumbing victim of a double-shooting - July 26 — 300 block of 50th Street, NE (shooting)
37-year-old Francis Lee Savoy, of Southeast - July 28 — 3100 block of Randle Place, SE (assault)
33-year-old Lucas Alonzo Thomas, of no fixed address. - July 30 — 1300 block of Savannah Street, SE (shooting)
26-year-old Anthony Hooks, of Southeast - August 3 — 1500 block of North Capitol Street, NE (shooting)
46-year-old Wendell Youngblood, of Baltimore, MD - August 5 — 5000 Block of Bass Place, SE (stabbing)
29-year-old Pierre Fenner, of Southeast - August 12 — 2400 block of Elvans Road, SE (shooting)
20-year-old Devin Dwayne Smith, of Southeast
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Data are taken from DC’s Metropolitan Police Department notices. (See “About” for a little more.)
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