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Kevin Better

Case from Washington, DC dated Oct 08, 2019

Victim Details

Kevin Better

December 12, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2019-10-08

24

Kevin

Better

07/10/2026


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In the autumn of 2019, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening calm in the Deanwood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., leaving a young man fighting for his life. Twenty-four-year-old Kevin Better, a male resident of Southeast D.C., was found critically wounded in front of a barbershop on Sheriff Road on the evening of Tuesday, October 8, 2019. The area, known to be a trouble spot, became the scene of another tragedy as emergency responders rushed an unconscious Better to a nearby hospi ...
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  • Homicide Victim: Kevin Better | mpdc - Metropolitan Police Department
  • D.C. man shot in the head on Tuesday has died, police say
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