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Donnell Lewis Byrd

Case from Washington, DC dated Oct 12, 2017

Victim Details

Donnell Lewis Byrd

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2017-10-12

30

Donnell

Lewis Byrd

07/20/2026

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Donnell Lewis Byrd, a 30-year-old male Black/African American, was discovered in the hush of an October morning on October 12, 2017, a life suddenly halted in the 200 block of 54th Street NE in Washington, D.C. Neighbors and patrol officers converged on the quiet row of homes to find him slumped where the street met the lamplight, the violence of a single gunshot marking an ordinary night as one that would be remembered for the wrong reasons. First responders pronounced him at the scene and his ...
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  • Homicide: 200 Block of 54th Street, Northeast | mpdc
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