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Teen critically wounded in Prince George’s in one of nine shootings in DC, county | |
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A 17-year-old was shot and critically wounded in the Lanham/Glenn Dale area of Prince George’s County on Monday, and eight other people were shot in the District and the county in separate incidents between late Sunday and early Tuesday. At least one was in critical condition, D.C. police said. | |
The teenager’s shooting in Prince George’s occurred about 8:40 a.m. near a bus stop in the 9900 block of Greenbelt Road. Police said they thought it stemmed from an ongoing dispute. | The teenager’s shooting in Prince George’s occurred about 8:40 a.m. near a bus stop in the 9900 block of Greenbelt Road. Police said they thought it stemmed from an ongoing dispute. |
A witness said she heard two gunshots. | A witness said she heard two gunshots. |
“I saw the boy slumped down,” Kellie MacLaughlin said. “The boy was lying in the street. This happened out of nowhere.” Four nearby schools were locked down for a time. | “I saw the boy slumped down,” Kellie MacLaughlin said. “The boy was lying in the street. This happened out of nowhere.” Four nearby schools were locked down for a time. |
On Monday night a second shooting occurred in county, in the Edmonston/East Riverdale area. A man was seriously wounded about 9:30 p.m. in the 5400 block of Hamilton Street | |
In the District, the most serious shooting, based on preliminary information, occurred about 4:15 p.m. Monday in the 2700 block of Langston Place SE. The man who was wounded there was unconscious, police said. | In the District, the most serious shooting, based on preliminary information, occurred about 4:15 p.m. Monday in the 2700 block of Langston Place SE. The man who was wounded there was unconscious, police said. |
In another D.C. incident, a person described only as a juvenile suffered a gunshot wound in the 3100 block of Knox Terrace SE. | In another D.C. incident, a person described only as a juvenile suffered a gunshot wound in the 3100 block of Knox Terrace SE. |
The first of the other four shootings in the District occurred late Sunday in the 4400 block of Douglas Street NE. The second came early Monday in the 2300 block of Hartford Street SE, and the third was about 4:45 p.m. in the 4300 block of Fourth Street SE. Victims in those incidents, all men, were described as conscious and breathing. | |
Two other shootings were reported by the police within minutes after midnight Tuesday morning. The first of them occurred in the 4700 block of South Capitol Street, SE, the police said. | |
They said it occurred at 12:02 a.m. No information was available on the condition of the victim. | They said it occurred at 12:02 a.m. No information was available on the condition of the victim. |
At 12:30 a.m. still another shooting was reported, this one at Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Howard Road SE. | |
The site was within about two blocksd of the Anacostia Metro station. | |
All in all at least eight people were shot within less than 27 hours. Nothing could be learned about whether there was any connection among them. | |
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