Man who helped pass DC criminal code overhaul shot, killed in southeast

Fox 5 (DC) ^

[TigerClaws]

(Story from 11/21/22) Kelvin Blowe, 32, worked with DC Justice Lab, a group that advocates for criminal justice reform in the city.

Family said he also did security work, and early Tuesday morning, Blowe had just finished a late night security guard job and was driving some co-workers home.

He was on Southern Ave. near Suitland Parkway in SE when police say there was a crash after a driver crossed the line to try to pass Blowe's car.

Family said Blowe got out of his vehicle and then was shot and killed.

Rev Keith Johnson, Blowe's uncle, said he helped raise Blowe and his three brothers.

"So it's my son, it's my nephew, my business partner," Johnson said. "Terrible loss for all of us involved." **

"We have to learn to love each other and bring the city together-that's what my nephew was trying to do," Johnson said.

Blowe used his experiences behind bars at DC Justice Lab where he was a policy and advocacy fellow.

He was among those who testified before DC Council about the historic reform of the city's criminal code. The bill finally passed on Tuesday, hours after he was killed.

"It's kind of hard to put into words what it feels like to see his work come to fruition without being able to share in that celebration with him," said Patrice Sulton, Executive Director DC Justice Lab. "In some ways the timing of it is an added injury on top of the loss. And I think we lost a really powerful voice in a really important movement and that's not something that we'll be able to replace."

[philman_36]

He was on Southern Ave. near Suitland Parkway in SE when police say there was a crash after a driver crossed the line to try to pass Blowe's car.
Was the driver trying to pass him or cut him off? /speculation
Family said Blowe got out of his vehicle and then was shot and killed.

The assailant, strangely, remains at large.

So you have a crash happen at a spot where someone just happens
to be there to shoot one of the drivers involved in the crash.
Contagious road rage?

Pardon my skepticism. Waiting for more info.