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Marcus Williams

Case from Washington, DC dated Oct 10, 2019

Victim Details

Marcus Williams

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2019-10-10

36

Marcus

Williams

07/09/2026

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On a Thursday afternoon in Washington, D.C., 36-year-old Marcus Williams, a groundskeeper for the D.C. Housing Authority, was taking his lunch break in his vehicle. It was October 10, 2019, and he was parked in the 1200 block of I Street, Southeast, near the Potomac Gardens public housing complex where he worked. The quiet of his midday meal was shattered when a man approached him in what police believe was an attempted robbery.

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  • Washington Post: D.C. housing employee on lunch break fatally shot during apparent robbery, police say
  • NBC4 Washington: DC Housing Authority Employee Fatally Shot in Southeast DC
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