At approximately 2 a.m. on Thursday, 18-year-old Derrick Green was found shot in the head in an alley behind the 1300 block of Vermont Ave., very close to Logan Circle. Green lived only about a block away, in the 1300 block of 14th Street NW. He was pronounced dead on the scene when police and EMS arrived. So far the police have no suspect or clue as to a motive in the case.

NBC4 uses the mysterious shooting as an opportunity to wonder aloud if Logan Circle has really changed as much as people think. The couple of quotes they gathered, from one neighborhood resident and from Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans, of course say that this sort of crime has become extremely rare in Logan Circle. Plenty of break-ins and muggings, to be sure, but very few homicides have been recorded there in some time. That Green was a resident suggests whatever happened likely didn’t just spill over from the ongoing gang violence in neighboring Shaw, though of course it’s too early to know anything for sure.

So Logan Circle residents, we want to hear from you. What’s going on in your neighborhood lately, and how safe do you feel?