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Ricky Darnell Black

Case from Washington, DC dated Sep 02, 2021

Victim Details

Ricky Darnell Black

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2021-09-02

41

Ricky

Darnell Black

07/23/2026

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In the early morning hours of Thursday, September 2, 2021, the life of Ricky Darnell Black, a 41-year-old Black man from Southeast Washington, D.C., was cut short by gunfire. The fatal shooting occurred just after midnight, at approximately 12:11 a.m., in the 2700 block of Langston Place, Southeast, a neighborhood near Suitland Parkway and Alabama Avenue.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department's Seventh District were dispatched to the scene after reports of gunshots in the area. ...
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  • wusa9.com: 41-year-old man dead after Southeast DC shooting
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