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Arsonists torch delivery drivers' mopeds in Southeast DC
Arsonists set multiple mopeds on fire last night in Southeast D.C., and neighbors said the owners are delivery drivers who recently moved here from Venezuela.
Panic and screams for help were caught on camera after several mopeds went up in flames on B Street SE.
“And we looked out the window and we see all four of these bikes just on fire,” said Mike, a neighbor.
Speaking with News4 hours after the rude awakening, Mike said he was asleep in his home across the street near 50th when he heard the commotion around 1 a.m.
Video shows a group of five walk up to the mopeds, and pour liquid. Fire erupted, and the group ran.
Mike called 911 and tried to help his neighbors contain the flames and keep them from spreading.
“If that fire would have gotten to the gas tank or to the batteries, it could have been worse,” he said.
Junior Valera said he and his brother use the mopeds to make deliveries.
“We use these to work, to eat,” he said in Spanish. “To pay rent, help our families. Without them, how? We can’t.”
“These guys, you know, they’re new to the country, they don’t speak a word of English, and this is literally their means of paying their bills,” Mike said. “So, they use these to deliver food, Uber Eats, Door Dash, etc.”
Jefferson Arias said he feels insecure. His brother was robbed at gunpoint Sunday, and the thieves took his moped.
“Targeting folks from another country that are just trying to make a better life for themselves is just not what America is about,” Mike said.
Anyone with information about the case should call the D.C. Fire arson tip line at 1-877-NO-ARSON.
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DC police investigating fatal shooting in Southeast
Police are searching for the suspect in yet another homicide in Southeast D.C.It was the second in less than 24 hours.
WASHINGTON – Police are searching for the suspect in yet another homicide in Southeast D.C. It was the second in less than 24 hours.
The violence erupted near the Congress Heights metro station two blocks from the entertainment and sports area that’s home to the Washington Mystics.
“Crime. It’s literally just that crime that’s ruining the entire experience in Southeast,” resident Erika White told FOX 5.
Saturday afternoon’s shooting involved a BMW that crashed into a fence at 13th Street and Alabama Ave. Police say one man from the car was shot and killed.
1 man found dead following a shooting in Southeast DC
Bullet holes riddled the driver’s side window of the car and bullet shell casings were on the ground next to the car and down the street.
“I feel like this is really sad. I’ve lived here in this neighborhood for like seven years and we just want to be able to walk and have events and have a good time and this is right down the street from my house,” White said. “You’ve interviewed me before for another crime that happened years ago and honestly, I’m trying to leave the area. It’s not getting any better.”
Friday afternoon there was yet another deadly shooting in the District in the 2800 block of Langston Place, Southeast – just over a mile from Saturday’s crime scene.
Police tell FOX 5 a man and a 16-year-old boy were shot. That teen was killed and has been identified as Darren Johnson.
Teen shot dead, man injured in DC shooting rampage
“People are dying left and right, as you see behind us. People are dying – more young people each and every day,” Quincy Williams said. “I just ask everybody in D.C. to just put down the guns. Stop the violence.”
FOX 5 met Williams and Aundrea Perry at the scene of Saturday’s shooting in Southeast.
“It gets really frustrating because almost every family from this area, from the South who has migrated to this area has been affected by the violence of guns,” Perry said.
Police released images of a silver sedan on Saturday evening that they say the shots were fired from along Alabama Ave. that ended up with the driver of the BMW dead on the street.
At this time, the suspects in both murders in Southeast are still on the run.
WASHINGTON (7News) — A man was grazed by a bullet at the Anacostia Metro Station on Sunday evening following a disagreement with another passenger aboard the Green Line train in Southeast D.C., according to police.
Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) said they found the victim at the station around 6:45 p.m. and he was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
READ MORE | Juvenile shot during possible Green Line train robbery at Gallery Place Metro station
During a preliminary investigation, MTPD discovered that the injured man was involved in a dispute with a suspect and the argument continued when they got off the train. Police said the shots were fired inside the Anacostia Metro Station, temporarily shutting it down and forcing trains to bypass the station. Trains were single-tracking between Congress Heights and Navy Yard as police continued to investigate.
Normal service has resumed at Anacostia Station, according to Metro.
The shooting is being investigated by MTPD, and anyone with any information regarding this incident is encouraged to call MTPD at 202-962-2121.
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