A man died after being shot late Thursday in the Park View neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Derrick Black, 23, was shot several times on the 3300 block of Georgia Avenue NW shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday. He was rushed to a hospital, where he later died.
Black liked to play basketball and video games with his younger cousins, his mother, Dolores Black, said.
"He loved the people," she said through tears on Friday. "I don't know why nobody would do that to him."
The victim's mother urged parents to talk with their children -- even adult children -- about violence.
"Even though they're grown, they still need to talk to their kids and let them know that it's not right to do that to nobody's kid," she said.
Police have not released any information on a suspect or possible motive.
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Authorities remained on the crime scene Friday morning. All lanes of Georgia Avenue at the intersection with Lamont Street NW remained closed for the investigation as of 5:15 a.m. Friday.
The neighborhood is several blocks south of Petworth and east of Columbia Heights.
This is the District's 83rd homicide this year.
Two more men were shot Thursday night a few blocks northeast, on the 600 block of Newton Place NW. Police said one man was shot about 10 p.m. He was conscious and breathing when he was taken to the hospital. A second man who was also shot there was taken to a hospital without the help of paramedics, police said.
