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DC elected officials want accountability after shooting killed 13-year-old boy – WTOP News
Officers in D.C. share their condolences and issues with Karon Blake’s household after he was shot and killed within the Brookland neighborhood.
Elected officers in D.C. stated they’re involved and need to know extra about what led to a person taking pictures and killing a 13-year-old boy within the District’s Brookland neighborhood.
The taking pictures occurred at 4 a.m. Saturday on the 1000 block of Quincy Avenue in Northeast. In line with D.C. police, a person confronted 13-year-old Karon Blake after he had allegedly witnessed him break into automobile earlier than taking pictures and killing the teenager.
Police haven’t launched the identify of the person who fired the gun.
Council member Zachary Parker of Ward 5, the jurisdiction the place the taking pictures occurred, stated he communicated with D.C. police and the Blake household. Parker later released a statement, saying neighbors should know extra concerning the circumstances main as much as the taking pictures.
“No automobile or materials possession is value a life – underneath any circumstances,” Parker stated within the assertion. “I be a part of Ward 5 residents in calling on the Metropolitan Police Division and the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace to carry accountable the person who took Karon’s life.”
Parker additionally stated a neighborhood assembly shall be held at Turkey Thicket Recreation Heart on Tuesday at 7 p.m. to listen to from residents. He stated police and neighborhood leaders shall be on the assembly.
At a information convention on Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser stated she was saddened by the Northeast taking pictures that took Blake’s life.
“We’d somewhat be speaking a few 13-year-old going to highschool as we speak than to speak about him being killed on considered one of our streets,” Bowser stated. “I do know that MPD is engaged on this investigation, and it’s ongoing and they’re in session with the US Lawyer.”
Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto offered her condolences to Blake’s household on Twitter.
I’m outraged & sickened by the taking pictures of 13 y/o Karon Blake. I’ve spoken to MPD Asst. Chief & shall be following the investigation to make sure justice is served, though we will by no means convey again the lifetime of this baby. Gun has been recovered. My condolences to the Blake household. https://t.co/mBnkoRS19d
— Councilmember Brooke Pinto (@CMBrookePinto) January 9, 2023
Police have stated officers discovered Blake on the scene with gunshot wounds because the home-owner who shot the teenager carried out CPR.
Blake was taken to an space hospital, the place he later died.
In line with WTOP’s information accomplice NBC Washington, two younger boys have been allegedly seen working away from the scene, and neighbors stated they heard 4 to 5 gunshots through the incident.
The home-owner cooperated with investigators, police stated.
In his assertion, Parker shared his condolences with Blake’s household.
“He was a son, brother, buddy, and pupil who ought to nonetheless be right here,” Parker stated. “I’m deeply saddened and outraged by Karon’s killing.”
NBC Washington reported that Blake went to Brookland Center Faculty. Principal Kerry Richardson despatched an electronic mail to the varsity’s workers, calling Blake a “quiet and inquisitive scholar who liked trend and soccer.”
Beneath is the place police stated the taking pictures occurred.
WTOP’s Dana Sukontarak contributed to this report.