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In the late hours of a Friday night in Washington, D.C., the life of 14-year-old Niko Estep Jr. was tragically cut short. On November 3, 2023, at approximately 11:37 p.m., the male teenager was riding an electric scooter with friends in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. As they passed a gas station at the corner of 14th and Fairmont Streets NW, a barrage of gunfire erupted, striking Niko and another youth. He was rushed to a local hospital but succumbed to a fatal gunshot wound to the back. The ...Read More

Victim Details

Niko Estep Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2023-11-03

14

Niko

Estep Jr.

Yes

04/13/2026