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Robert Vinson

Case from Washington, DC dated Aug 03, 2016

Victim Details

Robert Vinson

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2016-08-03

2016-08-03

20

Robert

Vinson

No

07/06/2026


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In the predawn hours of a Wednesday in Washington, D.C., a young man's life was cut short by gunfire. Twenty-year-old Robert Lee Vinson was in the 1600 block of V Street in the Southeast quadrant of the city on August 3, 2016, when violence erupted. At approximately 2:45 a.m., the sound of multiple gunshots shattered the quiet of the late summer night. When police arrived at the scene, they found Vinson suffering from gunshot wounds.

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