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On a cold Monday evening, February 2, 2009, the life of 16-year-old Duane Sheldon Hopkins Jr. was tragically cut short in Temple Hills, Maryland. The young man, a sophomore at Suitland High School, was found the next morning, around 7 a.m., lying in the yard of a home on Gaither Street, just a few blocks from his own residence on 20th Place. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

Residents in the quiet neighborhood later recalled hearing a rapid succession of gunshots, described as fiv ...Read More
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Victim Details

Duane Sheldon Hopkins Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Indian-head

MD

2009-02-02

16

Duane

Sheldon Hopkins Jr.

03/12/2026