arson May 19, 2020
D.C. police say they have arrested a man suspected of setting a homeless man on fire on H Street NE last week, killing him. D’Aundrey Scott, 25, of Southeast D.C., was arrested Tuesday, police said. He was charged with first-degree murder, assault with intent to kill, arson and property destruction. Darryl Finney was set on fire early May 13. arson May 17, 2020
D.C. police are seeking a man who set a homeless man on fire on H Street NE early Wednesday. Police said that the victim died Friday from his injuries after being in the hospital. The decedent has been identified as 62-year-old Darryl Finney. He suffered burns to his lower extremities and had his belongings destroyed in the attack in.
Deaths among D.C.’s homeless jumped this year, including 23 who died of the coronavirus Justin Wm. Moyer Karim el-Amin, 42, took shelter Dec. 8 in his tent near Thomas Circle in Northwest Washington. Temperatures were turning colder that week, with lows hovering near freezing. Amin, who suffered from medical issues, did not come out again. The next day when someone checked on him, he was found dead. He is buried with family members at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, just across the D.C. line in Prince George’s County. “I guess he died in his sleep,” said his brother, Qaadir el-Amin. “At least it was a peaceful death.”
74 Washingtonians Experiencing Homelessness Died in 2020 Living in crowded shelters or on the streets was always dangerous, and the coronavirus made it more deadly.
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Darryl Finney, age 62.
Dana Woolfolk, with the National Coalition for the Homeless, read the names of dozens of Washingtonians who died in 2020 while experiencing homelessness. Sometimes he read only their ages. Other times just their initials.