Two young children shot exiting Metro bus in Northwest Washington
The children, 6- and 9-years-old, did not have injuries that appeared to be life-threatening, said D.C. police Chief Robert J. Contee III. One of the injured children was a boy, the other a girl, Contee said.The shooting occurred after 4 p.m. following the altercation aboard the 54 Metro bus driving up 14th street, near Fort Stevens Drive Northwest. Contee said several people got onto the bus, which was full at the time, and began to assault one rider.
District leaders and community members have expressed outrage at the number of youths shot in D.C. — a number that has soared despite a long list of programs meant to keep children and teenagers safe. Last year in the city, 105 youths were shot, nearly double the number of 2021. Sixteen of them died. On Wednesday, city leaders again called for action.
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, speaking beside Contee on the scene Wednesday evening, called the shooter an “idiot with a gun” and said that “we have to have consequences so they are not back in our communities shooting children.” Contee said that the children appeared to be coming home from school and were with adults when they were shot.“This is unacceptable. These are two of our kids who were shot,” Contee said. “That is very disturbing to me.
Councilmember Janeese Lewis George , also at the scene, called for more investment in young people in D.C.“We have to saturate them in programming, saturate in mentoring, saturate them in emotional health and support,” she said. “They need it now more than ever.” This year, two teenagers under 18 were among the first victims of deadly shootings. Martez Toney, 17, was
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