On November 16, 2023, a fatal shooting occurred in the parking lot of an Exxon gas station located in the 2200 block of New York Avenue in Northeast Washington, D.C. The victim, identified as Carlos Javier Blanco Fernandez, a 38-year-old Venezuelan migrant, was working on his car when the incident happened around 5:20-5:30 p.m..
Blanco Fernandez had arrived in the District of Columbia by bus from Texas in September, as part of a group of refugees. Witnesses reported that a van drove up
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