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Robert Ferguson

Case from Washington, DC dated Aug 21, 2023

Victim Details

Robert Ferguson

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2023-08-21

44

Robert

Ferguson

08/01/2026

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On a summer morning in the nation's capital, a burst of violence cut short the life of Robert Ferguson, a 44-year-old man from the nearby suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland. The incident unfolded on Monday, August 21, 2023, in the 2200 block of 16th Street, Southeast, a residential area in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was approximately 9:18 a.m. when officers from the Seventh District of the Metropolitan Police Department responded to reports of a shooting.

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  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/22/shooting-dc-homicide/
  • https://twitter.com/DCPoliceDept/status/1693618320560250946
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