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'Idiot With A Gun' Shoots Children Coming Home From School On DC Metrobus, Police Say 'Idiot With A Gun' Shoots Children Coming Home From School On DC Metrobus, Police Say
'Idiot With A Gun' Shoots Children Coming Home From School On DC Metrobus, Police Say Two children coming home from elementary school on Wednesday afternoon were among three shot by “an idiot with a gun” coming off a Washington DC Metrobus, officials announced. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said that at approximately 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, a fight started inside a bus near 14th Street and Fort Stevens that resulted in the children accidentally being struck by errant gunfire. Chief Contee provides an update to the shooting that occurred in the 6000 block of 14TH Street, Northwest. https://t.co/T3u3ApbPK2 — DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) January 11,…

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by Zak Failla
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'Senseless' Rush Hour Gunmen In DC Kill One, Injure Three Others, Including Boy, Police Say 'Senseless' Rush Hour Gunmen In DC Kill One, Injure Three Others, Including Boy, Police Say
'Senseless' Rush Hour Gunmen In DC Kill One, Injure Three Others, Including Boy, Police Say The rash of gun violence in Washington, DC hit a new peak as a pair of gunmen opened fire in the middle of the afternoon commute and struck four people, including a child. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department were called shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, to the 6200 block of Georgia Avenue in Northwest, DC, when shots rang out not far from an area police station, Chief Robert Contee said during a news briefing. One man was killed in the shooting, the chief said, while two other men and an 8-year-old boy were hospitalized for treatment of undisclosed injuries on Tuesday …

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by Zak Failla
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DC Homicide Investigation Launched After Man Found Dead Near Kennedy Center DC Homicide Investigation Launched After Man Found Dead Near Kennedy Center
DC Homicide Investigation Launched After Man Found Dead Near Kennedy Center Authorities in Northwest DC have launched a homicide investigation after they say a man was found dead near the Kennedy Center early Friday, Nov. 4. An employee of the parking garage spotted him around 7:30 a.m. and rendered aid before they called police to the scene on the 2700 block of F Street, Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said. The unidentified victim, who police say was in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. The man had been through some kind of trauma and had unspecified injuries that the chief says authorities believe were both old and new. Tho…

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by Nicole Acosta