This comment of the day comes from “Sister” who wrote in about Joseph Jerome Mickens on his memorial.
BROTHER I MISS YOU SO MUCH. WORDS CAN’T DESCRIBE HOW I FEEL AT THIS MOMENT. MY HEART ACHES AND I’M TRYING TO BE STRONG FOR YOUR BESTFRIEND. WE MISS YOU SO MUCH. I LIVE YOU BROTHER. WHY YOU? WHO COULD DO SUCH A THING? SMH!
A shooting and stabbing early Sunday morning injured six people, one of whom, Jhonte Coleman, died.
A links roundup of local coverage is after the jump.
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Family and friends of Joseph Jerome Mickens, a.k.a. Joe Beezzy, responded to his death over the weekend. After the jump find a curated collection of memories left online. Add yours in comments.
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MPD has identified 34-year-old Jhonte Coleman of Suitland, MD, as the victim in last night’s deadly altercation in Dupont Circle.
In all, three men, including Coleman, were shot, and three others were stabbed. MPD’s statement is below.
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Below is a map of homicides this week.
Three people were killed this week in three separate incidents over the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Shortly after midnight Saturday, 18-year-old Mico Briscoe was fatally shot in Trinidad.
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MyFoxDC has this story, which is our Weekend Read this week, about how DYRS ignored a DC judge’s recommendations for Tyronn Garner, a DC youth who was killed in a shooting in Georgetown on Halloween.
“The problem with this particular case” said [Jim Graham], “Is that we don’t know why DYRS management decided not to follow what they had agreed to do Read more
Six people were injured in a stabbing and shooting in Dupont Circle early Sunday morning and NBC Washington reports one of them has died.
The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that three adult males were shot and three other people were stabbed in the 1300 block of Connecticut Avenue. The incident reportedly happened at around 2:45 a.m. Sunday.
WTOP reports that the incident took place near Heritage India restaurant and that no arrests have been made.
A DC Alert at 6 a.m. stated that the 1300 block of Connecticut Avenue NW would be closed from DuPont Circle to N Street “until further notice.”
An ad shared on Twitter showed that a club party was planned at Heritage Lounge Saturday night with “Free Shots for ladies All night” and “Holla at me if you make plays at the table. Bottles on Deck.”
Update: Police told the Washington Post a “fight began inside the Heritage India restaurant and club and spilled out onto the sidewalk where three men were shot and three more were stabbed.”
An 18-year-old killed in a double shooting shortly after midnight Saturday has been identified as Mico Briscoe, MPD said in a press release this afternoon.
The press release is after the jump.
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A 22-year-old man killed in a mid-morning shooting Saturday has been identified as Joseph Jerome Mickens of Northeast, DC, MPD said in a press release.
The shooting took place near an alley in the 700 block of 19th St. MPD Commander Andy Solberg said.
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A mid-morning shooting in Northeast DC killed a person Saturday; it was the second fatal shooting of the day.
Fifth District Commander Andy Solberg said in a listserv message that the victim was a 22-year-old man. He wrote:
This morning at about 10:25 am, a 22 year old man was shot and killed near an alley in the 700 block of 19th St., NE, just off Benning Road.
