This is D.C. not Washington state. I don’t know which one is worse, but D.C. is Third World hellhole because they allow the criminals to roam free.
Yesterday I called my elderly great-aunt, who is in her 90s. She lives in a working class black area of DC and mentioned these murders to me. She also said how college kids were getting attacked while jogging, and various other crimes. We laughed about whether she should rent out a room for the inauguration, but she became serious as she talked about feeling like a target, not having anyone but relatives over to the house, etc.
It's sad that people can live their whole lives minding their business and contributing to society and become the victim of some idiot. I realize that neighborhoods change over time, but what I got from her was a general feeling of impending doom and that there were criminals everywhere, just waiting for you to show your vulnerability. This is not the DC I grew up in.