Rodney Gardner

Death by Force

On a summer evening in Washington, D.C., tragedy struck the 1600 block of 21st Place, Southeast. It was here, on June 5, 2013, that 33-year-old Rodney Ellis Gardner, a Black male resident of the city, was fatally shot. The incident occurred at approximately 10:20 p.m. outside a residential building, shattering the night's quiet with the sound of gunfire. Officers from the Seventh District of the Metropolitan Police Department responded to reports of the shooting and discovered Gardner suffering ...Read More

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