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Dominique Rontae Franklin

Case from Washington, DC dated Aug 30, 2019

Victim Details

Dominique Rontae Franklin

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2019-08-30

16

Dominique

Rontae Franklin

07/09/2026

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In the late summer of 2019, the life of Dominique Rontae Franklin, a 16-year-old male from Southeast Washington, D.C., was tragically cut short. On the morning of Friday, August 30, police and emergency services responded to a call about an unconscious person in the 200 block of M Street, Southwest. Inside an abandoned public housing unit, they discovered Dominique's body, bearing multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The discovery was reportedly made by construction work ...
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  • Homicide: 200 Block of M Street, Southwest | mpdc
  • Washington Post: Rash of violence: One killed, six wounded in D.C. overnight
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