NATION IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Slaying Toll Equals 1988’s Record Level
From Times staff and wire service reports
Five District of Columbia residents, including a 13-year-old girl, were killed within seven hours during a night of violence that ended just before dawn Sunday, police reported. The killings pushed the city’s homicide toll to 369, equal to last year’s record. They occurred in four separate incidents in different sections of the city, police said. Among the nation’s largest cities, Washington had the highest per-capita murder rate in 1988.
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