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Phillip Zanders

Case from Washington, DC dated Aug 04, 2001

Victim Details

Phillip Zanders

January 3, 2023

Male

Washington

DC

2001-08-04

2001-08-04

37

Phillip

Zanders

06/30/2026


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On a summer morning in Washington, D.C., the life of Phillip Zanders, a 37-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On August 4, 2001, at approximately 9:00 a.m., Mr. Zanders was shot and killed in the 2600 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE. He was discovered fatally shot inside his apartment located in the 2800 block of the same avenue.

The Metropolitan Police Department swiftly classified the shooting as a homicide and began an investigation into the circumstances surrounding ...
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