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DC Records 200th Homicide Of 2023 After Teen, Man Killed In Separate Midday Shootings DC Records 200th Homicide Of 2023 After Teen, Man Killed In Separate Midday Shootings
DC Records 200th Homicide Of 2023 After Teen, Man Killed In Separate Midday Shootings Washington, DC hit a dubious milestone on Tuesday as two more murders tipped the number of homicides to more than 200 in 2023. Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith confirmed that there were two fatal shootings across the city within an hour of each other that left one teen and a man dead as the District's death toll continues to rise. At around 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, officers were called to the 1400 block of New Jersey Avenue to investigate a shooting involving two groups of teenagers that left one suffering from gunshot wounds. Smith said that the teen - whose name or a…