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In the early morning hours of July 5, 2018, violence shattered the post-Fourth of July calm in a Washington, D.C. neighborhood. In the 500 block of Newcomb Street, SE, gunfire erupted, leaving three people wounded. One of the victims, a 26-year-old man named Derek Jeffrey Taylor, would not survive his injuries. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but despite all life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead.
The Metropolitan Police Department quickly launched a homicide investigation into T ...Read More
In the early morning hours of July 5, 2018, violence shattered the post-Fourth of July calm in a Washington, D.C. neighborhood. In the 500 block of Newcomb Street, SE, gunfire erupted, leaving three people wounded. One of the victims, a 26-year-old man named Derek Jeffrey Taylor, would not survive his injuries. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but despite all life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead.
The Metropolitan Police Department quickly launched a homicide investigation into T ...Read More
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Derrick Taylor
January 9, 2023
Male
African-American / Black
Washington
DC
2004-05-09
2004-05-09
26
Derrick
Taylor
11/15/2025
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