A teen was fatally shot in Southeast D.C. on Friday, marking a lethal begin to the Fourth of July weekend.
Washington, D.C
Teen shot and killed in Southeast D.C.
Police had been on the scene investigating the incident Friday afternoon. Household had been additionally close by, grief-stricken.
“If you happen to can think about having one in every of your family members taken from you, and positively so violently and completely earlier than their time, it’s unimaginable,” stated Andre Wright, an assistant D.C. police chief.
The killing comes at a second in D.C. the place homicides are surging and town is pouring sources into public security. 13 folks 18 or youthful have been slain this 12 months within the metropolis.
Only a day earlier, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and different authorities officers introduced new packages geared toward stopping violence this weekend. One of many initiatives will ship groups of non-law enforcement officers into areas recognized as high-risk on Sunday and Monday nights, with a mandate of working to mediate pressure earlier than it turns lethal.
The block on Yuma Avenue SE the place the teenager was killed Friday just isn’t one of many particular areas assigned to a “Security Go Group,” police stated. However a number of of those groups will likely be stationed all through the world, in response to authorities.
On Friday afternoon, council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8), neighborhood mediators and neighbors gathered close to the black tent the place the teenager lay deceased. Wails and sobs may very well be heard within the distance.