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Wayne Joaquin

Death by Force
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In the late afternoon of Sunday, May 28, 2017, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a residential street in Northeast Washington, D.C. When police responded to the 5200 block of Dix Street NE, they discovered 24-year-old Wayne Joaquin suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical services rushed the young man, a resident of Southeast D.C., to a nearby hospital, but his injuries proved to be fatal.

The Metropolitan Police Department launched a homicide investigation into t ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Wayne Joaquin

    Male

    Black / African American

    Washington

    DC

    2017-05-28

    24

    Wayne

    Joaquin

    11/16/2025

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