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Charles Lancaster

Case from Washington, DC dated Jun 15, 2016

Victim Details

Charles Lancaster

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2016-06-15

2016-06-15

59

Charles

Lancaster

No

07/14/2026


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In the spring of 2015, a violent encounter in Southeast Washington, D.C., set in motion a chain of events that would ultimately lead to the death of Charles Wilbert Lancaster, a 59-year-old resident of the city. On the afternoon of Thursday, April 16, 2015, at approximately 2:47 p.m., Lancaster was in the 100 block of Ridge Road, SE, when he was shot. The specifics of what led to the shooting are not publicly detailed in available online sources.

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