Document: Man Killed Leaving Meeting for Violence Interrupters

By D.C. Witness Staff - November 23, 2019
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The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on the 3200 block of Dubois Place, SE.

According to a press release, officers found 40 year-old Clarence Venable suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Venable was part of an anti-violence program out of the Washington, DC Office of the Attorney General (OAG) called Cure the Streets.

The program uses proven, public-health strategies that treat violence like a disease that can be interrupted, treated, and stopped from spreading, according to OAG’s website. Cure the Streets originated from a CURE Violence model, which has seen a 20-60 percent reductions in shootings and killings in more than 100 cities nationwide and globally. 

“I want to tell you, the violence interrupters, the community outreach folks, they are committed to reducing violence in our city, and yes, they are going to be hurt, but they are going to be even more committed tomorrow and the days that follow, because we can do better by our community and we’re going to work hard to make it better,” DC’s Attorney General Karl Racine told NBC 4.

The department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information which leads to an arrest and conviction in this homicide r any other homicide in DC. Anyone with information should call the police at 202-727-9099. Anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s Text Tip Line — 50411.