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Dontra Harris

Case from Washington, DC dated Apr 04, 2021

Victim Details

Dontra Harris

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2021-04-04

33

Dontra

Harris

07/17/2026

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On the evening of April 4, 2021, in the 1800 block of 24th Street, Northeast, a dispute between childhood friends escalated into a fatal encounter. Dontra Harris, a 33-year-old male, was shot and killed in what authorities described as an ambush. The incident began with a roadside argument between Harris and his longtime friend, Jean Paul Kearney. Following the verbal altercation, the two men went their separate ways.

Kearney, however, proceeded to his nearby home, where he exchanged his ...
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  • wusa9.com: 2 men killed in separate DC shootings just minutes apart
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    I've been closely following the case of Dontra Harris, and it's been on my mind a lot lately. It's d... ...Read More
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