No One Saw This Coming? (Updated)

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Another shooting, this one ends in murder, on 5th Street NW between N and O Streets NW. It is in precisely the same area of continuous shootings over the last two months. [UPDATE: The victim, Salim Hylton (right), formerly lived with his parents on the 400 Block of M Street NW. He was 27 years old and was living in Southeast when he visited the 2nd Northwest Coop. on Saturday. Salim was to have started a job as an teacher at a charter school this week.]

This particular block has an expensive police camera on each end that apparently yields no identification of shooters and a police cruiser or two that is almost always stationed there...waiting. Yet, the gang violence continues.

It is a sad end to a day that featured at least three block parties in the immediate area on the 1200 Block of 5th (2nd NW Coop) and 1400 Blocks of 5th (Shirley's Annual Block Party) and Shaw Community Day sponsored by the Third Street Church of God at the New Jersey/O Street (Dunbar) Park, and leading into the United House of Prayer's major annual event.

This killing comes on the heels of last Thursday's double stabbing of transgendered women on the 200 Block of Q Street NW with one dying of her injuries, and a report of automatic gunfire at 4am Friday night/Saturday morning at 9th and Q Streets NW with no injuries reported. Still fresh is the hail of bullets in which 2 youths were hit three weeks ago just around the corner from last night's murder on the corner of 5th and N Street NW.

----- Original Message -----
From: Kishter, Jacob (MPD)
Sent: Sun Aug 30 00:50:46 2009
Subject: Shooting

At approximately 1130 PM there was a shooting in the 1300 block of 5th St NW. The victim is an adult male. He was transported to an area hospital for treatment.

Anyone with information please contact the Metropolitan Police Department on 202-727-9099.

Inspector
Jacob Kishter
Commander
Metropolitan Police Dept.
Third District Substation
750 Park Road, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Office: 202-576-8222
Cell: 202-528-8612
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From: "Kishter, Jacob (MPD)"
Date: August 30, 2009 9:29:09 PM EDT
Subject: [MPD-3d] Re: Shooting

UPDATE:

The gunshot victim from last night in the 1300 block of 5th St NW, has succumbed to his injuries and has been pronounced dead.

Anyone with information please contact the Metropolitan Police Department on 202-727-9099.

Inspector Jacob Kishter
Commander
Metropolitan Police Dept.
Third District Substation
750 Park Road, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Office: 202-576-8222
Cell: 202-528-8612