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Oscar Watson

Case from Washington, DC dated Aug 22, 2007

Victim Details

Oscar Watson

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2007-08-22

2007-08-22

31

Oscar

Watson

06/23/2026


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In the early moments of a Wednesday morning, on August 22, 2007, a life was violently extinguished in the nation's capital. Inside an apartment at 2214 Nicholson Street, SE, Oscar Henry Watson was shot and killed. The incident occurred at approximately 12:07 a.m., a time when the city was otherwise cloaked in the quiet of the night. The motive for the shooting and the circumstances leading up to it remain shrouded in mystery, leaving a community to grapple with the sudden and brutal loss.
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