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Elias Key

Case from Washington, DC dated Jul 11, 2023

Victim Details

Elias Key

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2023-07-11

55

Elias

Key

07/17/2026

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In the late hours of a Tuesday night in Northeast Washington, D.C., violence shattered the quiet of the 1700 block of North Capitol Street. On July 11, 2023, at approximately 10:41 p.m., officers from the Fifth District responded to a report of a man down. Upon their arrival, they discovered an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. The man, identified as 55-year-old Elias Key of Northeast, DC, was quickly transported to a local hospital by D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services for treatm ...
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  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/07/13/shooting-dc-homicide/
  • https://twitter.com/Killmoenetwork/status/1678965888714678273
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