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Do you know who murdered Donald Jerome Shipp Jr?
On the night of April 12, 1979, just days before his 28th birthday, Donald Jerome Shipp Jr. was fatally shot while sitting in a car with his girlfriend in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The couple was parked in front of Shipp's home on the 3300 block of 19th Street Northwest at approximately 11 p.m. when an assailant approached their vehicle. The man, who had exited a 1969 Chevy Chevelle, walked across the street and opened fire through the driver's side window, striking Shi ...Read More
On the night of April 12, 1979, just days before his 28th birthday, Donald Jerome Shipp Jr. was fatally shot while sitting in a car with his girlfriend in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The couple was parked in front of Shipp's home on the 3300 block of 19th Street Northwest at approximately 11 p.m. when an assailant approached their vehicle. The man, who had exited a 1969 Chevy Chevelle, walked across the street and opened fire through the driver's side window, striking Shi ...Read More
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Donald Jerome Shipp Jr
January 2, 2023
Male
African-American / Black
Washington
DC
1979-04-12
1979-04-12
27
Donald Jerome
Shipp Jr
11/16/2025
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