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At the core of the District's bloodiest year this century is what local leaders have bemoaned for months: minor disputes that rapidly escalate into fatal encounters.
"We were at the first meeting,” added Presto Gray the executive director of Project Purpose, “me, Bernard Hodges, BJ and Councilmember Trayon White. "
Pamela A. Smith told commanders at a meeting she wanted more captains and lieutenants away from their desks and in the streets, according to those present.
Washington, DC, is tracking toward its deadliest year in two decades with 16 shooting deaths in August alone - the worst rate of deaths since 2003.
The mother of a man shot and killed during a mass shooting in Southeast D.C. on Saturday worked three jobs to support his family and aspired to be a role model for young people in the community, she told WTOP.