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DNC staffer Seth Conrad Rich shot and killed in apparent ‘robbery’: shot several times but nothing was taken

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b0505&semi;"><strong>Seth Rich&comma; 27&comma; shot several times&comma; at least once in the back&comma; about 4&colon;20 AM&comma; a block from his DC home<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b0505&semi;"><strong>Cops still trying to figure put motive for &&num;8216&semi;robbery&&num;8217&semi;&comma; assailant took nothing&comma; victim’s watch&comma; wallet&comma; credit cards not taken<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b0505&semi;"><strong>Rich worked for the Democratic National Committee as a voter database employee<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-46976" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;seth-conrad-rich3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Seth Conrad Rich3&period;jpg" width&equals;"656" height&equals;"656" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Seth Conrad Rich in stars and stripes<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Seth Conrad Rich&comma; 27&comma; died early Sunday morning from multiple gunshot wounds sustained in an attack in Washington’s Bloomingdale neighborhood&period; D&period;C&period; police have found little information to explain his death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The  voter database employee with the Democratic National Committee was shot and killed a block from his Washington&comma; D&period;C&period; home&period; Seth worked for the DNC to help voters identify and locate polling locations&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Based on findings so far&comma; there is no immediate indication that robbery was a motive in the attack&comma; as the his watch&comma; wallet&comma; credit cards were not taken police said&comma; but it has not been ruled out as a possibility&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;For now&comma; police have  no suspects&comma; no motive and no witnessess in Rich’s murder&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Joel Rich&comma; the victim’s father&comma; says that police suggested his son may have been killed in the course of a robbery gone bad&comma; although nothing was stolen from the victim&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-46982" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;debbie-wassernann1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Debbie Wassernann1" width&equals;"732" height&equals;"410" &sol;><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption">Democratic National Committee Chair&comma; Debbie Wasserman Schultz&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Seth Rich was a dedicated&comma; selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans&comma; the right to vote”<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Police officers patrolling the area responded to the gun shots around 4&colon;20 a&period;m&period; using the ShotSpotter system to find the location of the shooting&period; Rich was taken to a local hospital where he died a short time later&period; The spate of shootings and robberies in recent times has  rattled residents of the Bloomingdale neighborhood where Rich lived in a townhouse with several roommates&period; Expressing this sentiments&comma; Bloomingdale Civic Association head Teri Janine Quinn told reporters  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No one wants to be able to feel they can’t go home at night&comma;”  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nobody wants to hear that someone was murdered blocks from their home&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The neighborhood&comma; located on the outskirts of Howard University in NW&comma;  D&period;C&period;&comma; has experienced a quadrupling of armed robberies in 2016— two times more than at this same time last year&period; Old friends and colleagues remembered Seth and affectionately by community members in Omaha&comma; Neb&period; where the Creighton University graduate was educated and raised&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Seth was an amazing young man&comma;” said Rabbi Steven Abraham of local synagogue Beth-El where the Rich family are active&comma; multi-generational members&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He devoted his life to helping others secure their right to vote&period; He was a mensch&period;”&vert;DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz expressed appreciation for the young ’s commitment to civic service&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Seth Rich was a dedicated&comma; selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans — the right to vote&comma;” she said in statement released by the DNC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-46973" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;donna-brazil-tweet1&period;png" alt&equals;"donna brazil tweet1&period;png" width&equals;"675" height&equals;"286" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Joel Rich senior&comma; said of his younger son &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;politics was in his blood&period;”&vert;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jane Kleeb&comma; Nebraska&&num;8217&semi;s incoming Democratic Party chair&comma; said in a post on Facebook that Rich had &&num;8220&semi;a smile no one will ever forget&period; &&num;8230&semi; Our love and respect goes out to his family and friends&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rich graduated from Omaha Central High School and Creighton University&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He worked on campaigns for Sen&period; Ben Nelson&comma; Scott Kleeb and Tom White&period; Rich also worked for state Sen&period; Heath Mello of Omaha&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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