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Anthony Benson

Death by Force
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On a Friday evening in the spring of 2015, a young life was tragically cut short on a street in Northwest Washington, D.C. Seventeen-year-old Anthony Davon Benson, a male from nearby Oxon Hill, Maryland, was in the 5700 block of Georgia Avenue NW when gunfire erupted at approximately 7:12 p.m. on May 1st. D.C. police officers who were patrolling the area heard the reports of the shooting and quickly responded to the scene.

Upon their arrival, officers discovered Benson suffering from guns ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Anthony Benson

    March 28, 2022

    Male

    African-American / Black

    Washington

    DC

    2015-05-01

    2015-05-01

    17

    Anthony

    Benson

    11/15/2025


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