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.
A Washington, D.C., mother has lost two children to gun violence weeks apart. Her daughter was gunned down on Aug. 3 and her son was killed a few weeks ago.
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