In the early morning hours of January 2, 2011, Brian Curtis Scott, a 21-year-old Black male, became the first homicide victim of the new year in Washington, D.C. The shooting occurred around 7:00 a.m. at the intersection of 13th Place and Congress Street SE, a corner in Southeast D.C. known for violence. Scott was there to pick up his cousin, Tavon Bell, when an SUV reportedly pulled up and someone inside opened fire on both of them. Scott was fatally wounded, while his cousin survived the attac
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