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‘Idiot with a gun’ shoots two kids, 6 and 9, on DC bus going home from school
Three folks — together with two elementary college youngsters on their means house from college — had been shot after a gunman unleashed an assault on a Washington DC bus Wednesday.
The shooter was aiming for one more rider, Chief of Police Robert Contee said at a press convention following the 4 p.m. assault.
As a substitute, a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old had been shot, and an grownup man was shot twice.
“An fool with a gun shot it indiscriminately and shot two youngsters,” Mayor Muriel Bowser mentioned.
“Know what you’re doing if you’re six years outdated? You’re coloring in coloring books, you’re taking part in gown up along with your siblings, you’re going to birthday events. It’s what you do if you’re six years outdated. You shouldn’t be combating in your life or recovering from a gunshot due to an fool with a gun who doesn’t care about his personal life. Who doesn’t care about theirs.”
Contee mentioned seven folks rushed onto the complete Metro bus at a cease within the Brightwood neighborhood and commenced assaulting one of many passengers.
The battle then spilled onto the sidewalk. One of many assaulters pulled out a gun and commenced firing.
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The kids, who had been accompanied by adults, had simply exited the bus after they had been shot, Contee mentioned. They ran again into the automobile and the bus driver drove the passengers to security.
The group of assaulters sprinted from the scene, police mentioned. Their meant goal additionally left, however was discovered not removed from the bus.
The three victims had been taken to space hospitals with non-life-threatening accidents.
Police are nonetheless on the lookout for the group and the shooter, who’s described as a Hispanic male in his 20s sporting darkish pants and a darkish jacket.