Police identify man shot in car near elementary school, learning center
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Version 0 of 1. A man who was shot while sitting in a car in Southeast Washington on Tuesday afternoon has been identified as a 25-year-old man from Maryland. D.C. police said Rudolph Garris of Suitland died at a hospital Wednesday. He had been shot about 3 p.m. in the 4200 block of Sixth Street SE, at Chesapeake Street, in Washington Highlands. [Man shot in car near school, learning center] The location is steps from Hendley Elementary School and the Sunshine Early Learning Center. A teacher said Wednesday that children on a playground were rushed into the school and learning center when the shooting occurred. On Monday afternoon, police said a man was shot in the 4300 block of Fourth Street SE, about a half-mile south of where Tuesday’s fatal shooting took place. Police said the victim in Monday’s shooting, which occurred about 4:40 p.m., suffered wounds that were not thought to be life-threatening. |