Neighbors Lost to Violence Mar 23 – 31

Updated 8 p.m. 4/1/21 with two additional names.

The District of Columbia recently experienced the following losses to homicide:

• March 23 — 1200 block of Van Street, SE (taser, car-jacking)
  First District, Ward 6
  66-year-old Mohammad Anwar, of Springfield, VA.
• March 27 — 1700 Block of Gales Place, NE (shooting)
  Fifth District, Ward 6
  42-year-old Kermit Cain Jr., of Northeast
• March 28 — 4200 block of 6th Street, SE (3/27 shooting)
  Seventh District, Ward 8
  34-year-old Evan Wood, of Oxon Hill, MD
• March 28 — 2700 block of Bruce Place, SE (shooting)
  Seventh District, Ward 8
  27-year-old Darius Burts, of Southeast
• March 31 — 1300 Block of Congress Street, SE (shooting)
  Seventh District, Ward 8
  25-year-old George Evans III of Southeast
• March 31 — 1300 Block of Congress Street, SE (shooting)
  Seventh District, Ward 8
  28-year-old Keosha Ferguson of Southeast

We are still in the 30-day mourning period for the following individuals lost to violence in the District:

• February 26 — announcement re: 3600 block of F Street, SE (shooting)
  Sixth District, Ward 7 2/4 report of human skeletal remains in Fort Dupont Park
  death subsequently ruled homicide
  44-year-old Keith Johnson, of Southeast
• March 1 (1/14) — 2600 block of Sheridan Road, SE (strangulation)
  announcement on March 1** of 1/14/21 homicide
  Seventh District, Ward 8
  42-year-old Lakisha Barnes, of no fixed address
• March 3 — unit block of 35th Street, NE (shooting)
  Sixth District, Ward 7
  30-year-old Antonio Wilkinson, of Northeast
• March 13 — 1200 block of Irving Street, NE (shooting)
  Fifth District, Ward 5
  18-year-old Isaiah Armstead, of Southeast
• March 13 — 600 block of O Street, NW (shooting)
  Third District, Ward 6
  29-year-old Nicolas Hawkins, of Greenbelt, MD
li>March 20 — 1200 block of Southern Avenue, SE (shooting)
Seventh District, Ward 8
23-year-old Deonte Minor, of King George, VA
• March 20 — unit block of Madison Street, NE (shooting)
  Fourth District
  21-year-old Demetris Johnson, of Southeast
• March 22 — 1200 block of Orren Street, NE shooting)
  Fifth District
  28-year-old Ervin Henderson, Jr., of Northeast

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Data are taken from DC’s Metropolitan Police Department notices. (See “About” for a little more.)

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