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“Michael Anthony Salters, described by law enforcement officials as a drug dealer and mediator among competing District drug organizations, was shot and killed late Tuesday near First and Bryant streets NW when an unidentified gunman opened fire on Salters's car, D.C. police reported. Salters's body, still inside his bullet-riddled car, was left outside the entrance to Washington Hospital Center shortly after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, said 5th District Capt. James Coffey. Salters was pronounced dead about 1 a.m. yesterday, said Officer Daniel Straub, a D.C. police spokesman. The police department released few details of the incident yesterday. Sources said Salters had been shot at least six times. Law enforcement sources said Salters was one of the city's largest drug dealers but that his real power was in his ability to referee turf disputes among rival drug dealers. A law enforcement source said Salters had been implicated in drug deals of more than 200 pounds, but that he had proved too "well insulated" from direct involvement to be charged. Agents at times put Salters under intense surveillance, and interviewed drug dealers who said they had worked with and for him, law enforcement sources said. His name also came up in wiretapped conversations, they said. Federal drug officials say they have been told by several drug dealers that some dealers ceded to Salters the power to assign drug territories for PCP, heroin, cocaine and other drugs.” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support