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Nikiesha Thomas

Case from Washington, DC dated Oct 07, 2021

Victim Details

Nikiesha Thomas

Female

Washington

DC

2021-10-07

33

Nikiesha

Thomas

07/04/2026

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In the early morning hours of October 7, 2021, 33-year-old Nikiesha Thomas, a dedicated city employee in Washington D.C., was fatally shot while sitting in her parked car outside a Planet Fitness in the 3200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE. The tragic event unfolded around 9:25 a.m. in the bustling parking lot of the Penn Branch shopping center. Thomas, who worked for the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education's Strong Start DC Early Intervention Program, was taken to a hospital wh ...
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  • Homicide: 3200 Block of Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast | mpdc
  • wusa9.com: Police identify woman shot, killed in Southeast DC strip mall parking lot
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