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Darrius Watts

Case from Washington, DC dated Jun 20, 2022

Victim Details

Darrius Watts

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2022-06-20

29

Darrius

Watts

07/06/2026

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In the early morning hours of Monday, June 20, 2022, a sense of normalcy was shattered in the 2800 block of New York Avenue, Northeast. It was there, at approximately 2:22 a.m., that law enforcement responded to what initially appeared to be a traffic accident. Inside the wrecked vehicle, they discovered 29-year-old Darrius Watts of Laurel, Maryland, suffering from gunshot wounds. A female passenger in the car sustained non-life-threatening injuries from the crash.

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