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Southeast DC resident Vernard Toney, Jr., 13, has been identified by the Metropolitan Police Department as the person who was killed on Saturday night during a carjacking that went wrong for he and a second minor.
The incident was reported shortly before 10:10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, in the 600 block of D Street NW, where there initially reports of a juvenile down suffering from gunshot wounds.
According to a department spokesperson, the officer was sitting in his car waiting for his shift to start when he was approached by Toney and a second person, one of whom was holding his hand in his front waistband pocket, intimating that he had a handgun.
As the man was getting out of his car to comply to the teens' orders, he pulled out a handgun and shot Toney while the other would-be carjacker fled from the area.
Toney was rushed to an area hospital by paramedics, where he later died from his injuries. Officials noted that the officer legally owned the gun used in the shooting and is cooperating with the investigation.
The second suspect is now being sought by detectives in DC.
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