Document: Homicide on Livingston Rd., SE

Thank you for reading D.C. Witness.
Help us continue our mission into 2025 by donating to our end of year campaign.

Donate Now

In the midst of summer — and for the first time in August — Washington, DC has recorded another homicide.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, 44-year-old Denard Orlando Hartwell, a resident of Northeast DC, was found Aug. 8 suffering from gunshot wounds on the 4400 block of Livingston Road, SE. The homicide has been recorded as the 73rd fatal shooting this year.

The Washington Post reported that a bystander took Hartwell to a hospital where he succumbed to his injures.

According to D.C. Witness data, there have been 96 homicides as of Aug. 8, a 28 percent increase from this same time last year. There were 75 documented homicides at this same time last year.

A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case of any other homicide case in DC.