Two children, 9 and 12, were among the the half-dozen victims hit by a volley of gunfire Wednesday in the city’s Carver-Langston neighborhood.
Residents react to a shooting in the District's Carver Langston neighborhood on Wednesday that killed one victim and wounded five. He had loaded the dishwasher and taken out the trash. His chores done, the 12-year-old begged his mom to go outside to play on a warm spring Wednesday evening in Northeast Washington’s Carver-Langston neighborhood.
Police said 29-year-old Aubrey McLeod from Maryland died at the scene. Efforts to reach his relatives were not successful. The other five victims were treated at hospitals for injuries authorities said did not appear to be life-threatening.The mother of the 9-year-old said her son was struck in the foot and was discharged from a hospital Thursday. The older boy’s mother said that her son was struck in one of his thighs and grazed in the head and that he was also recovering at home.
“This is another example of violence that we just cannot accept in our community,” D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith told reporters at the scene of the shooting. Both children injured Wednesday attend the Browne Education Campus. The mother of the 9-year-old said her son had stayed late for sports and an after-school activity and joined his friend on 21st Street as he walked home from the school.
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