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In the early hours of March 9, 2005, the quiet around 13th and V Streets SE in Washington, D.C., was broken by the sound of gunfire. When officers arrived just after 1:45 a.m., they found 37-year-old Dwaine Edward Bethea, an African-American / Black man known by the nickname “Woo,” lying in the street, fatally wounded. He had been shot multiple times, and despite the rapid response, there was nothing first responders could do; he was pronounced dead at the scene, his life ending where the bu ...Read More
In the early hours of March 9, 2005, the quiet around 13th and V Streets SE in Washington, D.C., was broken by the sound of gunfire. When officers arrived just after 1:45 a.m., they found 37-year-old Dwaine Edward Bethea, an African-American / Black man known by the nickname “Woo,” lying in the street, fatally wounded. He had been shot multiple times, and despite the rapid response, there was nothing first responders could do; he was pronounced dead at the scene, his life ending where the bu ...Read More
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Dwaine Edward Bethea
January 9, 2023
Male
African-American / Black
Washington
DC
2005-03-09
2005-03-09
37
Dwaine Edward
Bethea
11/15/2025
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