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Theodore Dewayne Riley Jr.

Case from Washington, DC dated Jul 19, 2021

Victim Details

Theodore Dewayne Riley Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2021-07-19

41

Theodore

Dewayne Riley Jr.

07/13/2026

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In the summer of 2021, a burst of gunfire in a Northeast Washington, D.C. alley cut short the life of Theodore Dewayne Riley Jr. A Black male, he was 41 years old at the time of his death. On the evening of July 19th, around 7:42 p.m., police responded to reports of gunshots in the 1600 block of Gales Street, Northeast. Arriving at the scene, which was in the Kingman Park area near the Rosedale Recreation Center, officers discovered Riley in an alley, suffering from a gunshot wound. Emergency me ...
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