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DC shooting: Gunfire near Juneteenth concert kills 15-year-old, wounds 3 others, including officer
A number of hundred folks had gathered to listen to music performed from a truck on a avenue sidewalk, DC Police Chief Robert Contee instructed reporters.
Earlier than the lethal melee, he mentioned, two different incidents had already prompted panic and trampling on the live performance, CNN reported.
Officers responded and contained the world, finally shutting down the live performance, Contee mentioned. He didn’t present particulars of the incident however mentioned “folks began to scatter at that time.”
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A number of folks suffered leg or ankle accidents as the gang dispersed, the police chief mentioned. He mentioned emergency personnel recovered an unlawful firearm from one particular person as they tended to the injured.
Afterward, gunfire broke out close to 14th and U Streets Northwest, near the live performance web site. The 15-year-old boy was killed, and three adults have been wounded, together with a police officer, Contee mentioned.
The officer and two adults have been hospitalized in secure situation, he famous.
A number of firearms have been found from the scene, together with a handgun on one of many adults who was shot, Contee mentioned. However he mentioned the weapon used to shoot the officer has not but been discovered.
No police officer discharged their firearm, he added.
Extra mass shootings than days of the yr
The US has suffered a minimum of 277 mass shootings to this point this yr, based on the Gun Violence Archive. That is a median of greater than 1.5 mass shootings day by day.
The GVA defines mass shootings as those who kill or wound a minimum of 4 folks.
Current mass shootings just like the Buffalo grocery store assault and the Uvalde college bloodbath have renewed debates about gun management. In each of these massacres, the alleged gunman was 18 years outdated and used an AR-15-style rifle.
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced an settlement in precept for gun security laws which might tackle psychological well being assets and college security.
However sticking factors stay, together with the problems of funding for state pink flag legal guidelines and denying firearms to single companions convicted of home violence.
Officers vow to crack down on unpermitted occasions
Each the DC mayor and police chief mentioned allow necessities should be taken severely.
“We have now a baby who was killed as we speak at an occasion that didn’t have any correct planning for the quantity of people that have been right here and with weapons concerned,” DC Mayor Muriel Bowser instructed reporters Sunday.
“The chief and I’ll proceed to ensure we’ve the assets we’d like on these corridors and all of our corridors, however we’d like some accountability right here.”
The police chief mentioned officers will “take a look at what authorized motion ought to be taken on account of an unpermitted occasion in our metropolis.”
“When you have got massive gatherings in a dense space, all it takes is one particular person introducing a gun to the scenario that makes it lethal,” Contee mentioned. “On this case, sadly, a 15-year-old misplaced his life.”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is helping native police with the investigation, the company’s Washington Area Division mentioned.
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MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Thursday, December 26th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.
MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown. Up next, WORLD commentator Cal Thomas on a bad Christmas tradition in Washington D.C.
CAL THOMAS: When Washington politicians speak of a Christmas tree this time of year, they are not referring to an actual tree. It means they’ve loaded up a bill with another kind of “green,” the kind that’s decorated with money.
The “bipartisan” bill passed just before midnight last Friday, minutes before a government “shutdown” would be an embarrassment to anyone but the politicians who voted for it. Like Christmas, this scenario gets played out almost every year with no regard for the growing debt.
The first bill was more than 1,500 pages. Elon Musk denounced it and suddenly it shrunk to over 100 pages, but that was too little for the big spenders. What passed last week at 118 pages may take days to digest, but you can be sure of one thing: pork is part of it. Always is.
For the last ten years, Republican Senator Rand Paul has published what he calls a “Festivus” report on just some of the wasteful spending in which our Congress is engaged. His latest – and you should Google it to see it all – includes the following:
Some of the highlights – or lowlights as I like to call them — include funding for the National Endowment for the Arts to subsidize ice-skating drag queens and promoting city park circuses. Additionally, the Department of the Interior invested in the construction of a new $12 million Las Vegas Pickleball complex. Interior also allocated $720,479 to wetland conservation projects for ducks in Mexico. This year, the Department of State is featured eleven times, with expenditures including $4.8 million on Ukrainian influencers, $32,596 on breakdancing, $2.1 million for Paraguayan Border Security (what about security at our border?), $3 Million for ‘Girl-Centered Climate Action’ in Brazil, and much more!
Hey, it’s not their money, it’s our money.
At least this time a pay raise for members didn’t make it to the final bill. Members should be having their pay cut, not raised, for under-performing.
Perhaps Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk can do something about the misspending that has led to the unsustainable $36 trillion dollar debt with interest of $1 trillion dollars just this year.
Others have tried and failed to break the spending habit. Maybe they will succeed this time, but the odds are not good. It’s not called “the swamp” for nothing.
I hope you had a Happy Christmas. Your politicians did.
I’m Cal Thomas.
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Sidwell Friends School and St. John’s College continue to headline the District of Columbia girls basketball Top 10 poll.
The undefeated Quakers (7-0 overall) are headed to California to participate in the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic in San Diego while St. John’s (10-0) will be home for Christmas after winning the St. Petersburg bracket at the Tampa Bay Christmas Invitational in Florida.
The Cadets will host their Holiday Hoopla mixer, Dec. 30 and 31.
Theodore Roosevelt debuts in this week’s poll at No. 10.
Previous rank: 1
The Quakers will play at the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic in San Diego starting Thursday.
Previous rank: 2
The Cadets won the Tampa Bay Christmas Invitational championship in Florida.
Previous rank: 3
The Frogs, winners of three straight, next plays at the Christy Winters-Scott Invitational Dec. 31.
Previous rank: 4
The Colts will play Archbishop Carroll at the Title IX Classic Holiday Invitational in Maryland Friday.
Previous rank: 5
The Cubs will play at the Candy Cane Classic at Thomas Johnson (Md.) Friday and Saturday.
Previous rank: 6
The Ramblers will play at the Beltway 8 Holiday Classic in Houston starting Friday.
Previous rank: 7
The Bulldogs will play Charles H. Flowers (Md.) at the Title IX Classic Holiday Invitational in Maryland Friday.
Previous rank: 8
The Tigers will play at the Candy Cane Classic at Thomas Johnson Friday and Saturday.
Previous rank: 9
The Penguins split with Anacostia and No. 6 Eastern.
Previous rank: Not ranked.
The Roughriders will play KIPP School at the Title IX Classic Holiday Invitational in Maryland Friday.
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