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In the early morning hours of Sunday, February 8, 2004, the life of 16-year-old Roderick Valentine, a male from Washington, D.C., was tragically cut short. Known to his friends as 'Hot Rod,' the teenager was in the 4400 block of Quarles Street, NE, at approximately 3:20 a.m. when an altercation escalated into gunfire. He was shot multiple times in a brutal act of violence that would leave the community searching for answers for years to come.
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In the early morning hours of Sunday, February 8, 2004, the life of 16-year-old Roderick Valentine, a male from Washington, D.C., was tragically cut short. Known to his friends as 'Hot Rod,' the teenager was in the 4400 block of Quarles Street, NE, at approximately 3:20 a.m. when an altercation escalated into gunfire. He was shot multiple times in a brutal act of violence that would leave the community searching for answers for years to come.
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Roderick Valentine
January 9, 2023
Male
African-American / Black
Washington
DC
2004-02-08
2004-02-08
16
Roderick
Valentine
No
11/15/2025
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