Three individuals — a girl and two males — have been fatally shot within the District in separate incidents Tuesday afternoon, police mentioned.
Washington
Three slain Tuesday afternoon in D.C., police say
Within the first capturing, a girl was fatally wounded about 1:24 p.m. inside a house within the 2900 block of Knox Place SE, police mentioned.
The second capturing was reported at 3:53 p.m. within the 1000 block of Southern Avenue SE, mentioned Officer Hugh Carew, a police spokesman. The title of the person slain was withheld pending notification of family, police mentioned.
The third occurred about 4:20 p.m. within the 400 block of Burbank Avenue SE, Carew mentioned.
As of Monday, the variety of homicides within the metropolis this 12 months was 115, in contrast with 102 on the identical time final 12 months.