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Do you know who murdered Lamont Watkins?
In the early morning hours of August 7, 2005, a promising life was cut short in a Washington, D.C. alley. Lamont Watkins, a 21-year-old male known to some by the nickname 'ATL,' was found shot to death at approximately 2:50 a.m. behind the 3700 block of 7th Street, NE in the Brookland neighborhood. His death marked the city's 115th homicide of that year.
Watkins was a gifted athlete, a wrestling dynamo whose former high school coach believed he had the potential to make the U.S. Olympic t ...Read More
In the early morning hours of August 7, 2005, a promising life was cut short in a Washington, D.C. alley. Lamont Watkins, a 21-year-old male known to some by the nickname 'ATL,' was found shot to death at approximately 2:50 a.m. behind the 3700 block of 7th Street, NE in the Brookland neighborhood. His death marked the city's 115th homicide of that year.
Watkins was a gifted athlete, a wrestling dynamo whose former high school coach believed he had the potential to make the U.S. Olympic t ...Read More
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Lamont Watkins
January 10, 2023
Male
Washington
DC
2005-08-07
2005-08-07
21
Lamont
Watkins
Yes
11/15/2025
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Forum Posts (2)
I was thinking about Lamont Watkins, known by his friends as "ATL," and it makes you wonder about th... ...Read More
12/29/2024
12/29/2024
Did anyone else find it strange how divided the jury was during the trial for Lamont Watkins' case? ... ...Read More
10/05/2023
10/05/2023
