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| Man dies in halfway-house shooting |
| By Washington Post |
| Published: 07/04/2005 |
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A 33-year-old resident of a controversial halfway house for prisoners was fatally shot inside the Northeast Washington facility late last Wednesday, D.C. police said. The killing sparked outrage from residents and a D.C. Council member who have been fighting to shutter the facility since it opened two years ago. Police said the violence erupted about 10:50 p.m. when someone opened fire on the resident inside the halfway house in the 2200 block of Adams Place NE. The shooting victim's name was not released pending notification of his death to relatives. He was wounded several times and taken to Washington Hospital Center, where he died an hour later. Police said that they believe the gunman was a fellow resident and that they have narrowed the list of potential suspects to two or three people. The halfway house, called Bannum Place, is run by Bannum Inc., a Florida-based company that has a contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Investigators said four Bannum employees were working at the time of the shooting. The halfway house is a residence for about 80 people serving the final stretches of their sentences. The residents receive counseling and work and get ready to reenter society, according to court papers filed by Bannum. Detectives expressed frustration because security cameras were not working inside the facility, police officials said. A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons referred calls about the slaying to Bannum. Operators of Bannum Place and its lawyer did not return calls seeking comment. An employee told a reporter who visited the facility that she had nothing to say. |
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