Monday, August 03, 2015

Fatal Shooting 800 Block of 18th Street [UPDATED]

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The block of the shooting as shown by Google Maps

Info released by MPD:

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred in the 800 block of [18th] Street NE. On Sunday, August 2, 2015, at approximately 5:32am, members of the Fifth District responded to the report of a robbery. Upon their arrival, officers located an unidentified, unconscious male suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was transported to an area hospital where all life-saving efforts failed and he was pronounced dead.


MPD also later added a look out for "two black males wearing white T-shirts." This is in the Carver-Langston area.

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UPDATE
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MPD has identified the deceased as Mr. 34 year-old William Burke, Jr. of northeast DC.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Robbery doesn't sound like gang wars to me.

Anonymous said...

I think interment camps and reservations. We did it during WWII to protect America and we will do it again. The streets have to be safe for the working class.

These punks with guns think they are bad?
Slavery invented by White People (maybe tanned people)
The Inquisition- White People
The Crusades- White People
Genocide- White People
Germ Warfare, Automatic Weapons, Drones, And
Nuclear Weapons. 50 Thousand Years of European Conquest

Anonymous said...

*surprise!*

Anonymous said...

uhm.. 5:15, what are you talking about?