Saturday Night Shooting Marks DC’s 250th Homicide in 2023

Following a deadly shooting in Northeast D.C. Saturday night, the District has now reached a grim milestone on the year: 250 homicides around the city.

Just after 9 p.m. on Saturday, Fifth District officers responded to the 1300 block of Florida Avenue, Northeast, for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, police located a man, later identified as 34-year-old Daniel Lamont Adams, of Southeast, D.C., suffering from gunshot wounds, police said.

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The city’s 250 homicides this year are the most in over two decades. Back in 2002, D.C. recorded 262 homicides.

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