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Christopher Battle

Case from Washington, DC dated Dec 23, 2000

Victim Details

Christopher Battle

January 3, 2023

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2000-12-23

2000-12-23

16

Christopher

Battle

07/30/2026


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On a cold winter’s night, just two days before Christmas in the year 2000, the life of a young man was tragically cut short on the streets of Washington, D.C.. Sixteen-year-old Christopher Battle, an African-American male, was in the vicinity of 17th and C Streets, Northeast, when the sound of gunfire shattered the evening calm at approximately 9:30 p.m.. When officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrived at the scene, they found Battle suffering from gunshot wounds.

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