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Algernon Harvey Jones

Case from Washington, DC dated May 27, 2017

Victim Details

Algernon Harvey Jones

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2017-05-27

32

Algernon

Harvey Jones

07/06/2026

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In the early hours of a Saturday morning over Memorial Day weekend in 2017, the life of 32-year-old Algernon Harvey Jones, a Black male from Southeast, D.C., was tragically cut short. On May 27th, at approximately 12:59 a.m., Jones was in the 100 block of Q Street, NW when gunfire erupted. The incident was not a targeted attack on a single individual, but a chaotic and violent event that left seven other people, six men and one woman, with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

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  • WJLA: Police: 1 dead, 7 injured in NW DC shooting over Memorial Day weekend; 2 suspects wanted
  • WTOP: 1 dead, 7 injured in Northwest DC shooting
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