[Lincolnparkdc] murder vs etiquette

[Muriel Wolf]

Do we know  the name of the person who was killed in this unfortunate
incident?   Please share that
information if you have it.   Thanks, Mimi Wolf

On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM Yannis Labrou <labrou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, putting a name below a posting is helpful, useful and
> preferred practice. Signing, or making it clear that it is coming from Lincoln
> Park Newsletter (and its email address   friendsofcapitolhillparks at
> gmail.com) is not exactly anonymous and will do for me. I can go to its
> webpage and get an idea of its style and tone.
>
> But more importantly, at least nine bullets were fired by a bunch of
> people riding mopeds and/or ATV's, killing an individual (targeted or
> random still unknown) and also damaging two cars.
>
> I repeat ... one or more persons riding through our neighborhood fired
> multiple shots killing another person. They fired them with no concern for
> injury or damage beyond their intended victim. It is absurd to write this,
> as if it is OK to only murder their intended victim. Walk to the location
> at the corner of Kentucky and East Capitol. Take a moment to find the
> yellow circles of the bullet casing on East Capitol. Look at where the
> victim was standing (corner of the treebox) and give some thought to where
> those bullets could have ended up. You could have been walking your dog or
> parking a car on our street. It was not that late; 10:08 pm.
>
> Discussing listserv etiquette with such intensity, in light of the bigger
> events that triggered it, is baffling. Perhaps it is an indication of how
> we have normalized and accepted violence in our city and neighborhood in
> the past 5 years.
>
> In the meantime, I dread parking after dark, usually a block or two away,
> I worry about my daughters riding the metro from school and walking from
> Eastern Market to home and I hesitate to take a walk on a nice evening (the
> nicer the evening the more likely that bad actors are out there too).
>
> -Yannis Labrou
>
>
>
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