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Teen dies days after Brentwood shooting

By Lara DeSanto

WASHINGTON — A 17-year-old girl died Saturday after she was shot while driving in Northeast D.C. Thursday, police said.

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The victim, Jamahri Sydnor, was shot in the head Thursday afternoon in the 1400 block of Saratoga Avenue Northeast, less than a mile from where she lived, NBC Washington reported. She died in the hospital Saturday.

Sydnor was not the shooter’s intended target, and police are still looking for two other people in connection with the shooting, NBC Washington reported.

Philip Carlos McDaniel, 21, of Northeast D.C., was arrested Thursday and charged with assault with intent to kill, police said in a news release.

The shooting also left a man with gunshot wounds, police said.

Sydnor had been “very, very excited about starting her college career” this fall, D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said during a news conference. Sydnor, who had attended Wilson High School in D.C., was set to attend Florida A&M University, NBC Washington reported.

Below is a map of the area where the shooting happened.

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National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.
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