Document: Young Adult Dies After Fatal Shooting in Langdon Neighborhood

By D.C. Witness Staff - August 18, 2020
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Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) are investigating an Aug. 9 shooting that resulted in the death of an 18-year-old. 

Richard Bangura, a resident of Northeast, DC, was found in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound on the 2400 block of Franklin Street, NE.

Offices responded to a report of the shooting just before 7 p.m. Bangura was taken to a local hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries. He died on Aug.16. 

There have been 20 homicide victims in Ward 5 so far in 2020, including Bangura, and he is the second victim from the block. According to D.C. Witness data, 17 of the homicides were from shootings, two were vehicular homicides and one was trauma done to an infant.

The department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this homicide or any other homicide in the District of Columbia. If anyone has information, please call the police at 202-727-9099. Anonymous information may be submitted to the Text Tip Line — 50411.