There have been 168 homicides in DC in 2021
and 159 homicides in DC during same period in 2020
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D.C. Witness Staff
- September 17, 2021
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Details A DC Superior Court judge continued a Sept. 17 felony status conference for a sex abuse defendant currently in quarentine. The defendant is charged with assault with intent to commit... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- September 17, 2021
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Details A DC Superior Court judge continued a Sept. 17 hearing for a murder case. Cecil Smith, 27, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 39-year-old Harold Castle... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- September 17, 2021
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Details A DC Superior Court judge relaxed a domestic violence defendant’s release conditions. The defendant is charged with first-degree sexual abuse. During the Sept. 17 hearing, defense attorney Dominique Winters said... Read More
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By
Andrea Keckley
- August 6, 2021
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Details Twenty-one homicides happened in DC during the month of July, an approximately 10.5 percent increase from June. Shootings were the main cause of death for all but one of the... Read More
By
Andrea Keckley
- July 27, 2021
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Details The first homicide trial to come to the DC Superior Court in more than one year ended with a jury convicting two men of murder in connection with a 2017... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 12, 2021
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Details The infographic shows homicides in DC over a two-year span beginning from June 11, 2019-June 11, 2021. There was about a 16% increase in homicides during that period. The first... Read More
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