All but One Homicide in March Involved Gun Violence

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Twelve homicides happened in DC during the month of March, three less than the previous month.

Almost all of the victims were killed in shootings. The one exception was Mohammad Anwar, who was allegedly killed in the process of a carjacking on March 24 on the 1200 block of Van Street, SE.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, an on-scene investigation found that the suspects allegedly assaulted the victim with a taser, which caused an accident.

Anwar was pronounced dead at an area hospital. Two teenage girls, ages 13 and 15, were apprehended that same day.

At 66-years-old, Anwar was the oldest of March’s homicide victims. The youngest was 18-year-old Isaiah Armstead, who was shot to death on the 1200 block of Irving Street, NE on March 13.

The average age of the victims was about 31.

According to D.C. Witness data, Wards 4 and 7 had one homicide, Ward 5 had two, Ward 6 had three and Ward 8 had five.

Andrea Keckley wrote this article.

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