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Desimon Julio Richardson

Case from Washington, DC dated Apr 05, 2019

Victim Details

Desimon Julio Richardson

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2019-04-05

21

Desimon

Julio Richardson

07/22/2026

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On the evening of April 4, 2019, in the 4900 block of Nash Street in Northeast Washington, D.C., the lives of two young men were tragically cut short. Desimon Julio Richardson, a 21-year-old Black male from Temple Hills, Maryland, was with 23-year-old Jobe McDowney of Southeast D.C. when shots rang out at approximately 8:15 p.m. The two were inside a stairwell of a residential building when they were targeted in what witnesses described as a drive-by shooting involving two male suspects.

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  • YouTube: Jobe McDowney and Desimon Julio Richardson Memorial Video (Name correction re-edit)
  • WUSA: Shooting in NE DC home kills two, third man found in street with gunshot wound to leg
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