One teen killed, another injured in Northwest, D.C. double shooting

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One teen killed, another injured in Northwest, D.C. double shooting

By Chrisleen Herard, Special to the AFRO Niko Estep, 14, became another teen victim to lose his life to gun violence following a double shooting that recently took place in […]

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