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Joshua Ruffin

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In the late hours of a Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C., the lives of two young men were tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. On April 6, 2011, 20-year-old Joshua Jamall Ruffin and 22-year-old Reginald L. Williams Jr. were shot and killed in the 700 block of Yuma Street in Southeast D.C.. The incident, which unfolded around 11:20 p.m., was characterized by authorities as a double homicide.

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    Victim Details

    Joshua Ruffin

    March 28, 2022

    Male

    African-American / Black

    Washington

    DC

    2011-04-06

    2011-04-06

    20

    Joshua

    Ruffin

    11/16/2025

    1


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