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Raeshard Blue

Case from Washington, DC dated Aug 26, 2016

Victim Details

Raeshard Blue

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2016-08-26

2016-08-26

40

Raeshard

Blue

06/29/2026


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In the late hours of a summer night in Washington, D.C., the lives of two men were tragically cut short by gunfire. Raeshard Blue, a 40-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on August 27, 2016. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. in the River Terrace neighborhood of Northeast Washington.

Blue was not the only victim that night. Alongside him, 27-year-old Trayvon Johnson was also shot and killed. When officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrived at the scene on 34th Street ...
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