Police said, at the time, the neighborhood was plagued by robberies and suspected that as a motive. Although Rich’s watch strap was torn, nothing had apparently been taken from him. According to police, he died from two gunshot wounds to the back.
Rich’s girlfriend told NBC Washington, “There had been a struggle. His hands were bruised, his knees are bruised, his face is bruised, and yet he had two shots to his back, and yet they never took anything…They didn’t finish robbing him, they just took his life.”
The murder stoked Hillary Clinton “conspiracy theories,” suggesting Rich was...
