Dear Neighbors,
This afternoon Deputy Mayor/City Administrator Dan Tangherlini and MPD Chief of Police Cathy Lanier held a press conference at 5D Headquarters in response to the shootings in Trinidad early this morning. At the press conference Chief Lanier announced the Neighborhood Safety Zones or “vehicle checkpoints” will be reinstituted tonight, starting at 7:00PM. MPD has been throughout the Trinidad community to provide advance notice. MPD is looking for a 2002 Gold Dodge Intrepid with Maryland paper plates. MPD will be releasing a description of three suspects shortly. In one instance, a thirteen year old was killed and his mother is in stable condition at an area hospital. According to Chief Lanier, all of the shooting victims were shot in the back or while attempting to flee the scene. On behalf of 5DCAC, I send my sincere condolences to all the victims and to their families.
Robert
Robert Vinson Brannum
Chairman, 5th District Citizens' Advisory Council, Inc.
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Metropolitan Police Department
Information Flyer
On July 19, 2008, a 2002, Gold, Dodge – Intrepid bearing Maryland paper temporary tags drove into the Trinidad Area and was utilized in the shooting of six (6) people within the Trinidad Neighborhood of the District of Columbia.
At approximately 2:30 A.M. hours, a 13-year old boy was shot and killed in the 1400 block of Holbrook Street, NE. Four (4) others were also wounded on Staples, Neal, and Holbrook Streets, NE.
2002, Gold Dodge –Intrepid [replica images]
The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the community’s cooperation. Anyone with information can report it to the Metropolitan Police Department on:
CONTACT INFORMATION
Speak with a Metropolitan Police Department Detective on (202) 727-9099
Anonymous Telephone Number 1-888-919-2476
Anonymous Text Message 50411
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[MPD-5D] Last Night's Violent Surge
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Good evening, fellow residents.
In light of the recent surge of violence associated with the cowardly robberies and shootings that have taken place in the Trinidad Community last evening and early this morning, I have ordered that the Neighborhood Safety Zone (NSZ) be instituted beginning at 7 PM tonight. The Neighborhood Safety Zone will be in place in Trinidad and will run through the next five days.
This NSZ is a tool designed to keep the residents of Trinidad safe from the senseless violence and cowardly acts that have just occurred in the neighborhood, by preventing the craven perpetrators who have traveled via automobile to commit these heinous crimes in Trinidad from entering the neighborhood. I cannot thank you enough for all of your support and want to assure you that we are taking these and other measures in a direct attempt to keep you safe in this community.
Thank you, and rest assured we are working very hard to stop this violence and bring the responsible criminals to justice. Considering that thirteen year-old Alonzo Robinson tragically lost his life last night, and several other individuals were seriously wounded, I am urging anyone with information related to any of these crimes to contact a detective through 202-727-9099 or provide information anonymously on 1-888-919-CRIME, or by text messaging to 50-411. You can also voluntarily provide information to officers on duty in the Trinidad Community, including those staffing checkpoints and obtain a flyer providing you with information about the shootings and our hotline numbers.
I have additionally authorized a reward of up to $50,000 for the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the murder of Alonzo Robinson, 13 years of age, which occurred at approximately 2:30 AM, this morning, July 19, 2008, in the 1500 block of Holbrook Place, NE.
Press Release below
Flyer for Lookout Attached
Cathy Lanier
Chief of Police
Metropolitan Police Department
(202) 727-4218
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Traci Hughes (202) 615-6806
July 19, 2008
MPD INVESTIGATES MULTIPLE VIOLENT CRIMES ESTABLISHES SECOND NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY ZONE IN TRINIDAD
(Washington, DC) -- City Administrator Dan Tangherlini and Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced today that the Metropolitan Police Department has established the second Neighborhood Safety Zone (NSZ) in the Trinidad Area.
The NSZ have been established as a result of seven people shot in five separate incidents resulting in the death of 13-year-old Alonso Robinson in the 1500 block of Holbrook Street, NE in the early morning hours of Saturday July 19, 2008.
“”We had another violent night in the Trinidad neighborhood. Over the course of last night, we had a group of brazen individuals that once again entered the Trinidad neighborhood in a vehicle and repeatedly approached groups of people on the street, robbing and shooting them,” said Chief Lanier.
Detectives assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide and Sexual Offenses Branch are investigating, and are on the lookout for a 2002 gold Dodge Intrepid bearing Maryland paper temporary tags. The car was last seen in the Trinidad area, and is believed to have been used in the multiple violent crimes in the Trinidad area:
· At approximately 1:07 a.m., in the 1200 block of 16th Street, NE, an adult male and a13-year-old male were victims of a shooting. The adult male was suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the body and the 13-year-old male was suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the leg. Both complainants were admitted to an area local hospital.
· At approximately 1:50 a.m., at the intersection of Trinidad Avenue and Mount Olivet Road, NE, an adult male was suffering from an apparent stab wound to the neck. He was taken to an area local hospital and admitted in critical condition.
· At approximately 2:25 a.m., in the 1400 block of Staples Street, NE, an adult male was suffering from apparent multiple gunshot wounds to the body. He was taken to an area local hospital and admitted in critical condition.
· At approximately 2:27 a.m., in the 1100 block of Holbrook Street, NE, an adult male was suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to an area local hospital for treatment.
· At approximately 2:30 a.m., in the 1500 block of Holbrook Street, NE, 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson, of an unknown address, was the victim of homicide. He was transported to an area local hospital and pronounced dead. Two other victims sustained gunshot wounds and were admitted to an area local hospital.
The NSZ will be in effect from 7 p.m. tonight until 7 p.m. on July 24, 2008. Checkpoints will be placed at the intersection of Mt. Olivet Road, NE and Bladensburg Road, NE southbound, to the intersection of Florida Avenue, NE, proceeding westward on Florida Avenue, NE to the intersection of Trinidad Avenue, NE and then north on Trinidad Avenue, NE to the intersection of Mt. Olivet Road, NE, then east to Bladensburg Road, NE.
The primary purpose of the NSZ program, with its checkpoints, its brochure, its signage, and its attendant publicity is to discourage persons inclined toward committing acts of violence by using a motor vehicle to enter the Trinidad neighborhood. The goal is to “fence them out.”
Anyone who has information regarding the cases is asked to call police at 202-727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIME. Anonymous information can also be sent to the department’s text tip line by text messaging 50-411.
The Metropolitan Police Department is currently offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia.
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Unconfirmed, but the story I'm now hearing about the 13 year old boy [Alonso Robinson] is that he was in town from Alabama with his mother visiting family. They had just emerged from the vehicle and were heading for the house when shots were fired. Alonso was fatally struck, and his mother was shot in the hand. NBC4 is reporting that the teen was in town to visit his grandfather.
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