On a summer evening in Washington, D.C., the life of Delonta Lavale Martin was cut short by gunfire. On July 20, 2014, at approximately 9:40 p.m., the 22-year-old man was shot and killed in the 4700 block of Minnesota Avenue, NE. The Metropolitan Police Department identified Martin as the victim of the fatal shooting.
Details surrounding the events that led to the shooting are limited. What is known is that Mr. Martin was discovered with gunshot wounds in a neighborhood that had been expe
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