Rick Kearney

Rick Kearney was a 24-year-old member of the Washington, D.C., community whose life was grounded in the neighborhoods of northeast the city. Public records and local reporting place him as living on the 2800 block of Jasper Road SE and connected to the Brookland/Brightwood area of Northeast D.C., where friends, family, and neighbors would have known him as part of everyday community life.

Though formal, family-published obituary notices matching his name and the date of death (November 2, 2007) were not located in the public record, contemporary police and news notices confirm that Rick’s death occurred on November 2, 2007. At 24 years old, he was at an age when many are building careers, friendships, and hopes for the future. The limited public information that remains emphasizes the loss felt by those who knew him rather than public details about the circumstances.

When public records are sparse, what remains most important is to acknowledge Rick as a person whose life mattered beyond headlines. Even without a full obituary in online archives, his presence—his address, his ties to D.C., and the notice taken by his city when he died—testify that he was known and remembered locally. Communities are shaped by countless individuals whose stories do not always reach wide notice; Rick was one of those people whose absence was felt by family, friends, and neighbors.

This remembrance honors Rick Kearney by centering his humanity rather than the manner of his passing. He was a young adult with connections to the Brookland area and the 2800 block of Jasper Road SE; those concrete ties help place him among the people and places of Washington, D.C., that mattered to him. Though public detail is limited, the record supports remembering Rick as a real person whose life had value and meaning to those close to him. May this brief memorial hold space for the dignity of his life and the grief of those who loved him.