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Arrest made in shooting after November disruption at National Zoo | |
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A Pennsylvania teenager has been arrested in connection with the shooting on Connecticut Avenue NW last month after a disruption at the National Zoo, D.C. police said. | |
A 15-year-old male from Pittsburgh was arrested Saturday on a D.C. Superior Court custody order in connection with the shooting, in which at least two people were wounded, police said. | |
The victims were approached about 8:35 p.m. in the 2800 block of Connecticut and shot with a handgun, police said. They said the victims were treated for injuries that were not life-threatening. | |
The assailant fled. | |
It was not immediately clear what led police to the suspect, or where he was arrested. | |
He was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, and police did not name him. | |
The shooting followed a disruption during the annual ZooLights festival. | |
Many people left the zoo after fireworks were touched off there during the festival. No motive could be learned for the shooting on Connecticut, a couple of blocks south of the zoo. | |
A shooting in that location is highly unusual, as was the disruption of ZooLights. | |
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