Memorial for Breond Keys / 1400 block of Good Hope Road SE, DC.

This memorial to Mr. Keys is along a busy section of Good Hope Road in the historic section of Anacostia. It is just a few steps away from Ketcham Elementary School.

His family and friends appear to have cared very much for him.

From a DC police report: 1400 block of Good Hope Rd SE  On Friday, October 10, 2014, at approximately 11:20 am, members of the Seventh District responded for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, the victim Breond Keys, 38, was discovered inside an establishment suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The suspect in the slaying is described as a black male wearing blue jeans and a dark colored hoodie.

More information is on on HomicideWatch.

Police tape for Johnie Lee Resper; Third and Adams Streets NW DC

From a DC police report: Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide which occurred near the intersection of 3rd and Adams Streets NE, Washington DC. On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at approximately 3:04 pm, members of the Fifth District responded to a call for shooting. Upon arrival, they located the victim, Johnie Lee Resper, 18, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in the 200 block of Adams Street, NE suffering from gunshot wounds.

The tape marking the area of Johnie Lee Resper's slaying was blowing in the wind when I documented the site.

More information is at HomicideWatch.

Shoes on a wire, 2600 block of Birney Place SE DC

I found this set of colorful shoes tossed over a wire on Birney Place SE, in DC.

I do not know for certain if they are a memorial to Mr. Edon, who was recently slain in this block.

In any event, I wish him, his family, and this neighborhood, justice and peace.

From a DC police report: On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at approximately 1:36 am, police officers from the Seventh District responded to a call for the sounds of gunshots in the 2600 block of Wade Road SE, Washington DC. Following a systematic canvas, they located the victim, identified as Ronnie Scharrod Edon, 19, of Forestville, Maryland, in the 2600 block of Birney Place SE, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. DC Fire and EMS arrived on the scene and found no signs consistent with life.

More information is on HomicideWatch.

Double shrine for Tracy Womack / 4600 Block Benning Road SE DC

From a DC police report: Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announced an arrest has been made in the homicide which occurred in the 4600 block of Benning Road, SE, Washington DC. On Saturday, September 20, 2014 at approximately 1:32 am, members of the Sixth District responded to a call for stabbing. Upon arrival, they located the victim, Tracy Womack, 39, of Southeast, DC.
On Sunday, September 21, 2014, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Mark Kenyetta Bowser, Jr., 35, of Capitol Heights, MD, and charged him with Murder Two While Armed, in connection with the homicide of Ms. Tracy Womack.

There were two shrines for Ms. Womack at this site on Benning Road. The libation bottles were placed by the road near the entrance to her apartment complex, and the bears and baby shoe were on a porch.

May she and her family know peace, and may justice be served.

There is more information on this situation at HomicideWatch.

Marked location, 3100 block Newton St NE DC, for Anthony Miller

From a DC police report: Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide which occurred in the 3100 block of Newton Street NE, Washington DC. On Sunday, September 7, 2014, at approximately 12:00 am, members from the Fifth District responded for the report of a shooting. The victim, Anthony Miller Jr. 22, was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

This police tape is on the corner of Newton Street and Eastern Avenue NE, on the Washington DC/Maryland line.

There is more on this case at HomicideWatch.

RIP.