On June 4, 2021, Clifton Smith, a 31-year-old resident of Southeast Washington, D.C., was fatally shot in the Shaw neighborhood. The incident occurred around 9:45 p.m. near the intersection of 7th and T Streets Northwest, close to the Howard Theatre. Smith was found with gunshot wounds and was transported to a nearby trauma center, where he was pronounced dead. A woman who was also injured in the shooting was expected to recover.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) reported that th
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