In the late morning of September 15, 2021, a dispute that began with words at Ballou High School escalated into deadly violence on a street in Southeast Washington, D.C. Thirty-seven-year-old Tarshaqua Chappell, a Black female from Temple Hills, Maryland, found herself the target of a fatal shooting. At approximately 11:53 a.m., in the 1300 block of Congress Street, SE, shots were fired, leaving Ms. Chappell with gunshot wounds. Emergency services rushed her to a local hospital, but her injuries
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