Because of an error on the D.C. police Web site, a July 14 article included an incorrect photograph. Michael Dorsey, who was found killed last week in Northeast Washington, is pictured here.
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Each Victim In the City's Violent July Has a Story
"It's babies killing babies," lamented Yvetta Hamilton, 46, the aunt who took Holt in as a child when his mother wasn't able to care for him. "They get guns, and they talk about feeling disrespected. Half of them don't know how to spell disrespected."
Holt, nicknamed "Rock," was the second of four children. He lived with his aunt and uncle but kept in touch with his mother, who lives in a shelter.
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"All he wanted to do in the world was make his life better," said Greg Holt, a cousin.
Lucas, known as "Mike Mike," was one of seven siblings and was also raised by another woman because his mother felt she was too young to care for him. His father had been shot to death years ago.
Mary Barrett, 54, was guardian to Lucas and his older sister.
"He liked animals and wanted to be a veterinarian," said Barrett, a D.C. government employee who said she had planned to enroll him in a better school in Virginia this fall.
She had also hoped to move out of Southwest, which she felt was dangerous.
"They're killing off each other," she said.
-- Karlyn Barker
July 4: Robert W. Allen
Early on Independence Day, as much of the nation prepared to celebrate, someone in a car dropped Robert W. Allen, 27, at Greater Southeast Community Hospital. It was 1:35 a.m., and Allen had numerous gunshot wounds.
Police later determined that he had been shot while standing outside a building in the 300 block of Eastern Avenue NE. They aren't sure why.
Allen, who lived in the 400 block of Mellon Street SE, survived for 39 more minutes.
