Nina Larson was an aspiring opera singer, American University graduate, and employee at Mintwood Place in Adams Morgan.

Jascha Wilson, a 29-year-old from Southeast Washington, was struck by the driver of a 2012 Dodge Challenger. It was the city’s 16th traffic fatality this year.

Thomas Dwight Spriggs, 42, and Jesus Antonio Llanes-Datil, 63, died on the scene at the park near Foggy Bottom.

U.S. Park Police have not yet released the names of the two victims, who many say were experiencing homelessness when they were struck and killed on a park bench.

Police say the driver may have been speeding.

“One of the worst feelings is to say to your friend ‘Go to the store and come back.’ … And it takes too long to come back. And you feel something in your gut, that something is wrong.”