The overall rate of homicides in the city has increased by about 17 percent since last year.
Two people were killed in the District on Thursday, raising the rate of homicides in the city to six in the past six days since April 30.
In the other Thursday homicide, Carlos Latney, 18, died in the 5600 block of B Street SE, police said. He had been shot, police said.
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