December 2, 2003
Murder Month, Part II
An interesting piece appeared in the Op Ed section of the post last Saturday. Entitled "Eleven Days in the District," the piece begins thusly:
THE TALLY SPEAKS for itself:Sunday, Nov. 16: Man, 22, found in the 1700 block of Park Road NW suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Pronounced dead at the medical examiner's office.
Monday, Nov. 17: Man, 30, found in the 200 block of V Street NE with gunshot wounds. Pronounced dead at the hospital.
Thursday, Nov. 20: Man, 48, shot; found in the 2300 block of 14th Street NE. Pronounced dead at the medical examiner's office...
The editorial goes on to detail ten murders which occured within the eleven day span from 11/16 to 11/26. It goes on to state that the day-to-day reporting of these killings lessens the impact on the reader, but when grouped and presented one after another accounts of these murders show "lives being destroyed in the District at a pace that should disturb every member of the city's leadership."
The previous post suggested that if only eight people are murdered in DC in December we could reach a "recent" low for murders over a whole year. Now I'm not a betting man, but if I were, there's no way I'm putting my money on a peaceful holiday season.
Posted by cs at December 2, 2003 5:09 PM
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Well, those murders were last month, so they don't count.
Posted by: Randolph at December 2, 2003 5:19 PM
Well I understand that, I'm simply saying that if we use Nov as any type of indication we're in for a bloody month.
Posted by: Chris at December 3, 2003 1:00 PM