Martha Dixon Martinez

Death by Force

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On November 22, 1994, Special Agent Martha Dixon Martinez, born in January 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was tragically killed in a shooting incident at the Metropolitan Police Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. when Bennie Lee Lawson, a 25-year-old gunman, entered the "cold case" squad room armed with a TEC-9 assault weapon. Lawson opened fire, resulting in the deaths of Special Agents Martha Dixon Martinez and Michael John Miller, as well as Washington, ...Read More
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Victim Details

Martha Dixon Martinez

Male

White / Caucasian

Washington

DC

1994-11-22

Martha

Dixon Martinez

01/07/2025

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