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Second Sidewalk Shooter Sentenced For Role In DC Murder: Prosecutors Second Sidewalk Shooter Sentenced For Role In DC Murder: Prosecutors
Second Sidewalk Shooter Sentenced For Role In DC Murder: Prosecutors One of three shooters linked to the murder of 25-year-old Anthony Lee in Washington, DC three years ago will be going away for more than a decade, federal authorities announced. District resident Darquise Montgomery, 20, was sentenced to 12 years in prison this week for the September 2020 shooting death of Lee as he was walking with a friend in the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, according to prosecutors. According to court documents, shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, Lee was walking along the road when three people lined up across the sidewalk behind him, …

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Child Carjacker Caught After Foiled Attempt To Steal Keys In Southeast DC, Police Say Child Carjacker Caught After Foiled Attempt To Steal Keys In Southeast DC, Police Say
Child Carjacker Caught After Foiled Attempt To Steal Keys In Southeast DC, Police Say Criminals in Washington, DC keep getting younger. The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 12-year-old Southeast DC resident who was wanted for an armed carjacking on Sunday afternoon, authorities announced. Police say that the child approached his victim in broad daylight near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and U Street SE while demanding the victim's keys. At the time, he was holding something in his waistband that investigators believed to be a firearm, though no shots were fired.  However, the victim refused to comply to the kid, and he then fled on foot. …

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