Flower shrine for Simon Getachew | 3800 block of 9th Street SE DC

From a DC Police report: On Sunday, October 12, 2025, at approximately 10:18 p.m., Seventh District officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 3800 block of 9th Street SE, Washington DC. Upon arrival officers located an adult male suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene and after finding no signs consistent with life, the victim was pronounced dead. The decedent has been identified as 30-year-old Simon Getachew, of Northwest. 

May his soul and his loved ones be spared further grief.