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On a Wednesday morning, November 30, 2005, the life of 18-year-old James Simms was cut short in Washington, D.C. A student at Roosevelt Senior High School, the young man was discovered around 9:45 a.m. in the driver's seat of a black Oldsmobile. The car had crashed into another vehicle in the 500 block of Taylor Street NW. Simms had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to Howard University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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On a Wednesday morning, November 30, 2005, the life of 18-year-old James Simms was cut short in Washington, D.C. A student at Roosevelt Senior High School, the young man was discovered around 9:45 a.m. in the driver's seat of a black Oldsmobile. The car had crashed into another vehicle in the 500 block of Taylor Street NW. Simms had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to Howard University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators at the time were faced with a comp ...Read More
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James Simms
January 10, 2023
Male
African-American / Black
Washington
DC
2005-11-30
2005-11-30
18
James
Simms
11/16/2025
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I've been following the tragic case of James Simms, and my heart truly goes out to his family and fr... ...Read More
06/02/2024
06/02/2024
Hey everyone, I've been reading up on the James Simms case from 2005 and something has been on my mi... ...Read More
09/17/2023
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