Street tag and a balloon in memory of Robin Fitzgerald | 700 block of 51st Street NE DC

From a DC Police report: Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced an arrest has been made in the fatal shooting that occurred in the 700 block of 51st Street NE, Washington DC on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. At approximately 12:12 am, DC Fire and EMS personnel requested MPD members to respond to the listed location for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival of emergency personnel, a female victim was located inside of a residence, at the listed location, and found to be suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. DC Fire and EMS subsequently transported the victim to an area hospital where the victim succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead. The decedent has been identified as Robin Fitzgerald, 41, of Northeast, DC.

This memorial is at the end of a short street just off Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE in Washington DC. There was a picnic table and chairs at this quiet site.