Comment of the Day: "Life is entirely too short, you never know when death will appear."

Kristian Hernandez — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:59:06 -0400

abu Samirah writes about Virgil Wood, 22, who died of multiple gunshot wounds in Southeast D.C., on April 8.

From Allaah do we come, to Allaah do we return(This is what the Muslim utters upon hearing death).I knew this brother, I know his grand mother,his father, family and the mother of his child. I received the news via text around 3 a.m. and have been up since then. Life is entirely too short, you never know when death will appear. Hence the reason it is imperative to be good to others, to do righteous good deeds and to rectify your affairs with your Lord. I pray that Allaah forgive my brother in Islaam of his sins, and grant him paradise. May he (Allaah) tranquil the hearts of his family during this most difficult period Aameen...

Tuesday Night Shooting Victim Identified as Virgil Wood

Megan Arellano — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 12:28:11 -0400

A shooting in the 1500 block of V Street, Southeast killed 22-year-old Virgil Wood Tuesday night, according to MPD.

Police officers responding to the sounds of gunshots at approximately 10:35 p.m. found Wood suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Wood was then transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A press release from MPD is after the jump.

Homicide: 1500 Block of V Street, Southeast

(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide which occurred in the 1500 block of V Street, Southeast.

On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at approximately 10:35 pm, police officers from the Seventh District responded to a call for the sounds of gunshots. Upon arrival, they located an adult male suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the victim to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The decedent has been subsequently transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland, where an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and manner of death.

The decedent has been identified as 22-year-old Virgil Wood of Southeast, DC.

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons wanted for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411.

Virgil Wood | Homicide Watch DC

Comment of the Day: "Life is entirely too short, you never know when death will appear."

Tuesday Night Shooting Victim Identified as Virgil Wood