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Jasmine Lashai Light

Case from Washington, DC dated Jan 17, 2018

Victim Details

Jasmine Lashai Light

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2018-01-17

23

Jasmine

Lashai Light

08/01/2026

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In the winter of 2018, a burst of gunfire shattered the late morning calm in the Fairlawn neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C., tragically ending the life of 23-year-old Jasmine Lashai Light. On Wednesday, January 17th, at approximately 11:09 a.m., Light was standing outside a convenience store in the 2000 block of 16th Street SE when a light-colored sedan drove by and a gunman opened fire. Light was the most severely wounded of four people struck by the hail of bullets. The three other vi ...
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  • Homicide: 2000 Block of 16th Street, Southeast | mpdc
  • NBC4 Washington: 4 People Shot as DC Mayor Pleads for Tips on Who Killed Teen
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