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Stumped by 3-year-old’s killing, D.C. police hold prayer walk, increase reward

A $50,000 reward is being offered to help authorities make an arrest in the shooting of Ty’ah Settles, who was killed by a stray bullet.

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May 8, 2024 at 2:59 p.m. EDT
D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith (second from right) marches with clergy and others on Tuesday to the spot where 3-year-old Ty’ah Settles was fatally shot on May 3, in the 2400 block of Hartford Street SE. (Peter Hermann/The Washington Post)
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Holding signs declaring “Thou Shalt Not Kill,” a group of clergy members led by D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith marched Tuesday evening to the spot where a 3-year-old girl was fatally shot last week in the Garfield Heights neighborhood of Southeast Washington.

The march was short, just three blocks from the 7th District police station. It passed by the fire station on Irving Street SE where a family member had driven the mortally wounded Ty’ah Settles after the Friday night gunfire. Marchers then walked to Hartford Street SE, where police said a vehicle that the girl had been riding in became caught in a crossfire, and where she was struck by a stray bullet.