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David Watkins

Case from Washington, DC dated Dec 24, 2006

Victim Details

David Watkins

January 10, 2023

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2006-12-24

2006-12-24

45

David

Watkins

07/10/2026


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In a rooming house in Northeast Washington, a dispute between housemates turned deadly on the afternoon of February 18, 2016, ending the life of 45-year-old David Watkins. That day, David Bright, a 31-year-old man also residing in the home on the 500 block of 58th Street NE, entered the house where Watkins and another housemate, Clifton Francis, were watching television in the living room.

Bright proceeded upstairs to his bedroom before running back down the stairs, armed with a gun. He f ...
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