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Ricky Darnell Black

Death by Force
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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. ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Ricky Darnell Black

    Male

    Black / African American

    Washington

    DC

    2021-09-02

    41

    Ricky

    Darnell Black

    11/15/2025

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