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Anthony Benson

Case from Washington, DC dated May 01, 2015

Victim Details

Anthony Benson

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2015-05-01

2015-05-01

17

Anthony

Benson

07/15/2026


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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 ...
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