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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.
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.
D.C. police responded to a shooting near the intersection of Good Hope Road and 16th Street SE before 9 p.m. on Saturday.