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Eric Linnair Wright

Case from Washington, DC dated Feb 17, 2017

Victim Details

Eric Linnair Wright

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2017-02-17

53

Eric

Linnair Wright

07/26/2026

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On a cold Friday night in Washington, D.C., the life of 53-year-old Eric Linnair Wright was cut short by gunfire. It was February 17, 2017, when police were called to the 900 block of 12th Street, Northeast, at approximately 9:21 p.m. following reports of gunshots. Upon their arrival, officers discovered Wright, a male resident of Northwest, D.C., unresponsive and suffering from a gunshot wound. Emergency services rushed him to a nearby hospital, but his injuries proved fatal, and he was pronoun ...
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