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Shots Fired Outside Funeral in District
Fox News DC ^ | 15 May 2007 | Unknown

Posted on 05/16/2007 9:58:20 AM PDT by 3AngelaD

Washington, DC -- Shots rang out outside a church in southeast DC Tuesday, sending mourners running for shelter and interrupting the funeral of a local teen.

No injuries have been reported in the attack.

A trail of shell casings littered the street outside Johenning Baptist Church where friends and family of 16-year-old Delonte Greene, known in his Barry Farms neighborhood as "Joe Rock," were saying their final farewells.

Police do not have any suspects or a motive in this case and are not certain if the shooting was intended toward the funeral. Some witnesses speculated residents from a rival neighborhood were behind the shooting, but DC police have not verified those claims.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxdc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: dc; drivebyshootings; washington; yo
Life in Your Nation's Capital. The honoree at the funeral committed suicide.
1 posted on 05/16/2007 9:58:27 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
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To: 3AngelaD

Just keepin’ it real, yo!


2 posted on 05/16/2007 10:03:37 AM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: 3AngelaD

Sarcasm alert ——— This is very sad. Probably the dead boy is a victim of gang violence. The article says that they think people from a rival neighborhood may have been the source of the gunshots. I guess we can’t say a rival gang, we have to be politically correct about gang violence.


3 posted on 05/16/2007 10:05:12 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: 3AngelaD

When an entire culture has zero respect for life, what makes anyone expect any sort of respect for death?


4 posted on 05/16/2007 10:05:41 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Tolerance can be forced. Acceptance must be earned.)
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To: 3AngelaD

This headline is obviously false.

(Guns are outlawed in D.C.)


5 posted on 05/16/2007 10:07:42 AM PDT by Triggerhippie (Always use a silencer in a crowd. Loud noises offend people.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

No, as I pointed out in my original comment, he was a suicide.


6 posted on 05/16/2007 10:09:34 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They've screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: 3AngelaD

sorry, I stand corrected.


7 posted on 05/16/2007 10:10:53 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: 3AngelaD

Same thing happened at Tookie’s funeral in Los Angeles...


8 posted on 05/16/2007 10:12:09 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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To: 3AngelaD

But who put him up to it?


9 posted on 05/16/2007 10:17:31 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: cweese

Are they sure this was a funneral and not a rap concert?


10 posted on 05/16/2007 10:33:02 AM PDT by Long Island Pete
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Why is this news?


11 posted on 05/16/2007 10:45:49 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW.)
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To: 3AngelaD
known in his Barry Farms neighborhood as "Joe Rock

Wonder what product one would have to sell to earn that nickname.

12 posted on 05/16/2007 11:59:33 AM PDT by PAR35
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