The District of Columbia lost the following individuals to violence in recent days:
- November 21 — 2300 block of Ainger Place, SE (shooting)
33-year-old Brian Tyrell Butler, of Southeast - November 22– 3200 block of Dubois Place, SE (shooting)
40-year-old Clarence Venable, of Southeast - November 25 — 2500 block of Rhode Island Avenue, NE (shooting)
22-year-old Dante Hicks, of Northeast - November 26 — 4700 block of Benning Road, SE (11/22 shooting)
17-year-old Eric Mercer, of Northwest
We are still in the 30-day mourning period for the following individuals lost to violence in the District:
- October 22 — 4400 block of Ponds Street, NE (shooting)
23-year-old Juwaun Robert Smith of Northeast, DC - October 23– 2200 block of Alabama Avenue, SE (shooting)
19-year-old Alvin Barnes of Southeast, DC - October 24 — 900 block of 21st Street, NE (shooting)
32-year-old Alie Labay of New Carrollton, MD. - October 26 — 1700 block of R Street, SE (shooting)
28-year-old Johnathan Mayrant, of Southeast - October 26 — 4200 block of East Capitol Street, NE (shooting)
22-year-old Aaron George, of Northeast - November 4 — 3100 block of 16th Street, NW (stabbing)
28-year-old Christopher Shepherd, of No Fixed Address. - November 9 — 200 block of L Street, SW (shooting)
31-year-old Robert Hobson, of Suitland, MD. - November 12 — 4300 block of Wheeler Road, SE (shooting)
21-year-old Majhe Powers, of Oxon Hill, MD. - November 17 — 4600 block of Hillside Road, SE (shooting)
17-year-old Shaquan Buggie, of King George, VA - November 19 — 2400 block of Pomeroy Road, SE (shooting)
24-year-old David Rogers, 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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