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Dwight Banks

Case from Washington, DC dated Nov 18, 2018

Victim Details

Dwight Banks

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2018-11-18

26

Dwight

Banks

07/19/2026

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In the evening hours of Sunday, November 18, 2018, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a residential street in Northwest Washington, D.C. When the sounds of the shots faded, a young man lay critically wounded. Police responded to the 800 block of Jefferson Street, NW, in the Brightwood Park neighborhood shortly before 6:30 p.m. to find 26-year-old Dwight Banks suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Emergency medical personnel rushed Banks to a nearby hospital, but his injuries prov ...
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  • Homicide: 800 Block of Jefferson Street, Northwest | mpdc
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