The Washington Post has a feature this morning on David Lee Robinson, killed in a robbery in January 2012. Write Post reporter Paul Duggan: Victims who aren’t perceived as innocent tend to draw scant public notice or sympathy, and the shooting of David Robinson appalled the civic conscience only briefly, owing to the dismal particulars … Read more →
Washington’s Other Monuments has photos of two street memorials: One for David Robinson and another for Howard Ricardo Sampler. See more photos at Washington’s Other Monuments. Read more →
Just hours after David Lee Robinson was found shot in Northeast DC Sunday, Mayor Vincent Gray took to the pulpit at an event to speak out against gun violence and told those gathered that Robinson was killed for his sneakers. Reported Fox5’s Paul Wagner: David Lee Robinson went out Saturday night dressed in a pair … Read more →
NBC Washington reports that at a vigil in memory of gun violence victims, Mayor Vincent Gray discussed Sunday’s shooting of David Lee Robinson. Robinson, 19, was shot for his Nike shoes, Gray said. Reported NBC Washington: “He was being robbed for his Nike tennis shoes,” Gray said. “A life for a pair of Nike tennis … Read more →
A man fatally shot early Sunday morning in Northeast DC has been identified as 19 year-old David Lee Robinson, a Northwest DC man, MPD said Sunday. According to a press release, MPD officers were responding to a call for a report of gunshots in the area of 58th and Foote streets NE when they found … Read more →
NBC Washington reports that a man shot in Northeast DC early Sunday morning had died of his injuries. Early Sunday morning, MPD’s Sixth District Commander Robert Contee sent the following message to the community listserv: The Sixth District is currently investigating a shooting at 58th and Foote Street N.E. Anyone with information should call 1-888-919-CRIME … Read more →
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