Boy, 15, Hurt in Shooting Outside DC’s Annual Turkey Bowl Football Game

A 15-year-old boy was shot within the leg when violence erupted outdoors D.C.’s annual Turkey Bowl soccer sport in Northeast D.C. on Thanksgiving.

D.C. police stated folks heard a number of gunshots about 1:20 p.m. within the space of seventeenth and East Capitol streets in Northeast.

Officers discovered the teenager boy affected by a gunshot wound to his left leg, police stated. His accidents usually are not life threatening.

One bullet tore a gap via a automotive windshield.

When the taking pictures occurred, the 52nd annual Turkey Bowl championship soccer sport was underway at Japanese Excessive College between the Roosevelt Roughriders and the Dunbar Crimson Tide.

News4’s Mark Segraves reported there was a battle within the stands on the sport earlier than the taking pictures occurred and a few folks have been compelled to depart the sport. A spokesperson for D.C. police stated the battle was not associated to the taking pictures.

The sport continued, and a few followers within the stands advised News4 they weren’t conscious of the taking pictures.

Video of the crime scene confirmed a gun laying on the street as police investigated. Police stated the gun discovered on the street had not been fired and should have belonged to the sufferer.

Police are asking the general public to look out for an older mannequin grey Toyota Camry with D.C. tags FP3600. It might have been pushed by a girl. Anybody with any data ought to name 202-727-9099.

Segraves has lined the Turkey Bowl for 15 years and stated this was the primary time any sort of violence had been related to the sport.

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