wtop.com | Apr 12, 2011
A D.C. Superior Court jury acquitted two suspects in the events surrounding the 2008 murder of 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson in the Trinidad neighborhood, but remains deadlocked on the fate of three others on trial.
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Friends and families are mourning the violent deaths of six people who lost their lives in four days of violence last week. Vigils and memorials started over the weekend and are likely to continue throughout the week.
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A vigil in memory of 16-year-old Raheem Jackson is planned for Thursday evening (April 14) at 7:30 at the Fort Davis Recreational Center (pictured on the map above), according to ANC Commissioner Robert Jordan.
The Washington Post has this update this morning on the death of 20-year-old Kevin Andre Washington.
washingtonpost.com | Apr 10, 2011
A 20-year-old D.C. man whose father had been slain in the city years ago was himself found fatally shot early Sunday in Northwest Washington.
UPDATED WITH MEMORIAL MESSAGES AFTER THE JUMP
A 20-year-old Northwest DC man was killed early Sunday morning in a shooting.
MPD identified him as Kevin Andre Washington. Friends called him “JR.” He was shot in the 100 block of Irving Street NW, near Washington Hospital Center.
Washington’s death is the sixth confirmed homicide in DC since Wednesday night.
MPD’s press release and a gallery of memorial messages is after the jump.
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This comment of the day comes from Tarsha Pitts, who wrote in about a candlelight vigil tonight in memory of Raheem “Gunna” Jackson.
Kill, Still Cant Believe Youu Gone,I Miss Yuhhh Soo much… I Had Jus Seen Yuhh Up The Rec Nd I Spoke Nd Gave Youu Hug That Same Day… Not Knowin That Was Last Time Seeing Youu Constantly Brings Tears To My Face… Wen I Got Home That Night Nd Heard Wat Happen I Cudnt Even Sleep… Went To Skool The Next Day Nd Cudnt Even Function Correctly Smh… Youu Was Lyk A Bruva To Mehh Since Lyk 2002 Wen I Started Tlkin To Vic Lol (Ewwww) ! But Today Im Goin To Support Yuh At Yur Cook Out Nd Candle Light Round 41st Nd Ill B Atchur Other Candle Light Nd Funeral As Well… Raheem I Miss Youu Nd Alot Of Others Do As Well… But Imma Be Strongg Thoughh But I Lovee Youu Mann Save A Spot For Mehh Upp Deree <3.
UPDATED: MPD has identified a man who died after being shot Friday night as 45-year-old William Parker of Capitol Heights, Md. The press release is below.
Parker was shot in Southeast D.C. Friday night, the fifth confirmed homicide victim in three days in the District.
The Washington Post reported this morning that the man was found at about 8 p.m. in a car in the 2700 block of Stanton Road SE. A DCFireEMS tweet confirms that authorities were on the scene of a shooting.
[blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/dcfireems/status/56510144581865472”]
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In Brief:
Judge Thomas Motley this afternoon ordered 17-year-old Donald Crosland held in the death of Ricardo Minger after finding substantial probability that the teen was “the second shooter” in the case.
Crosland is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in Minger’s Jan. 7 death inside a Southeast D.C. apartment. Kevin Clark, Crosland’s codefendant, is also being held and is suspected of premeditated first-degree murder while armed.
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DC police just released the following statement on the shooting death of 16-year-old Raheem Jackson, who was killed Thursday night in Congress Heights:
(Washington, DC) —Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred in the 1300 block of Congress Street, S.E.
