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Simon Anderson

Death by Force
Case Description
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On a summer Sunday in 2012, the quiet of Washington, D.C.'s Georgia Avenue corridor was broken just after 3 a.m., when gunfire erupted in the 3500 block of the street. Responding officers found Simon Sebastian Anderson, a 37-year-old African-American man, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on that stretch of Georgia Avenue NW in the Park View neighborhood. He was pronounced dead at the scene in the early hours of August 5, 2012, and police quickly classified the killing as a homicide as they ...Read More
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  • Major Case/Unsolved Homicides - 2012 | mpdc - DC.gov
  • D.C. police investigating three killings - The Washington Post
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    Victim Details

    Simon Anderson

    March 28, 2022

    Male

    African-American / Black

    Washington

    DC

    2012-08-05

    2012-08-05

    37

    Simon

    Anderson

    11/14/2025


    Area Body Found:
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