A community vigil is planned for Monday night in the Langdon neighborhood of Northeast D.C. to honor the life of fallen D.C. police investigator Wayne David, who died Wednesday after a gun he was trying to recover went off, striking him in the head.
Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Harry Thomas Jr. shared a flyer for the vigil on social media, inviting neighbors, friends and family to attend.
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The vigil is being put on by the area ANC (5C06), Bryant Street Townhomes Condominium Association and Woodridge Home Owners Association. It will take place Monday at 7:30 p.m. at 18th and Bryant streets in Northeast.
Attendees will be encouraged to use their own cell phone flashlight as a vigil light.
David was a D.C. native and a 25-year veteran of the District’s police force. He leaves behind a son and a daughter.
“He helped get hundreds of guns off our streets, and just a few years ago, he received the MPD Ribbon of Valor. Beyond being an officer, he was a good man — and a great dad — that many people loved and looked up to. The impact of guns on our community is unbearable. It is hard to accept that a man who came to work to protect our city won’t return home,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a statement following David’s death.
WTOP’s Ciara Wells contributed to this report.
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