Three more pronounced dead from weekend gun violence in D.C.

The District’s homicide count climbed even higher on Monday as police said three men who were shot over the weekend died, bringing to 16 the number of people killed in the first six days of August. D.C. has recorded 161 homicides this year, a 28 percent increase over this time in 2022. In just over seven months, the city has surpassed the total number of killings that occurred in all of 2018, and is on track for the deadliest year in two decades. The surge in violent crime has thrust...