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Politics · State & local government · published 2026-10-10 · via NOTUS/The Guardian

D.C. Reentry Office Leader Killed in Electric Scooter Collision

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Talib Shakir, who directed the Mayor’s Office of Returning Citizen Affairs, died Friday night after an electric scooter crash in Eastern Market. Police said he collided with another scooter rider at 8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Shakir, 50, had served 25 years in federal prison and later wrote a book about his reentry into public service.

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Shakir, 50, headed the Mayor’s Office of Returning Citizen Affairs. Police said he struck another scooter rider at 8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE in Eastern Market. The other rider, a woman, left the hospital. Shakir was unresponsive and later declared dead. He had spent 25 years in federal custody after a 1993 D.C. murder conviction and came home in February 2019. Earlier, he was deputy director of community relations for the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services.

He recently released a book on using lived experience in policymaking. D.C. records cited in the article estimate 2,000 to 2,500 people return from prison each year, with about two-thirds committing new crimes. Housing and jobs remain major obstacles. The city recorded 33 road deaths by Oct. 10, up from 17 at that point in 2025 but near the three-year average.

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