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Phillip Roache

Case from Washington, DC dated Sep 17, 2020

Victim Details

Phillip Roache

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2020-09-17

38

Phillip

Roache

07/29/2026

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In the late hours of a rainy September evening in Washington, D.C., a violent encounter at a gas station claimed the life of 38-year-old Phillip Roache. On September 17, 2020, at approximately 11:41 p.m., Roache was pumping gas in the 7000 block of Blair Road NW when he was ambushed by a gunman. The assailant, a male, approached him and fired a silver pistol multiple times, striking Roache ten times before fleeing the scene in Roache's own vehicle.

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  • Homicide: 7000 Block of Blair Road, Northwest | mpdc
  • Washington Post: D.C. police investigating fatal shootings in Northwest, Southeast Washington
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