Opinion
14-year-old girl charged in DC shooting on Pennsylvania Ave
A 14-year-old lady has been charged within the Monday taking pictures of a boy on Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast in Washington, D.C., lower than 5 miles from the White Home.
The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Division (MPD) on Tuesday introduced that the lady now faces fees of assault with a harmful weapon.
Police responded to stories of a taking pictures simply earlier than 4 p.m. Monday within the 2300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast. Upon arrival, police discovered a boy with gunshot wounds.
2300 block of Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, D.C.
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Authorities transported the boy to a close-by hospital, the place he was handled for non-life-threatening accidents.
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A police report says the lady and a male suspect approached the juvenile sufferer close to a bus cease and fired. MPD are nonetheless looking for the male suspect.
Authorities are asking anybody with details about the incident to contact MPD at 202-727-9099 or textual content a tip to the division’s TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.
An armed robbery additionally occurred within the 600 block of Pennsylvania Ave. Southeast Monday at a 7-Eleven in D.C.’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.
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MPD has recorded 139 harmful weapon assault offenses thus far in 2022, a 3% lower in comparison with the 143 situations of assault with a harmful weapon recorded on the identical time final yr.
Pedestrians cross Pennsylvania Avenue close to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 7, 2022.
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In the meantime, theft has elevated 55% over the previous yr, and car theft has elevated 5%. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s workplace stated in a Feb. 2 press launch that the MPD and neighboring Prince George’s County Police Division have famous comparable traits in juveniles committing carjacking crimes.
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“We’ve seen a troubling enhance in carjackings throughout our area, pushed largely by juveniles,” Prince George’s County Government Angela Alsobrooks stated in a press release on the time. “Our ecosystem is broken, and whereas we’re doing every part we will to resolve this situation, it can’t be solved by authorities and police departments alone. We’d like our neighborhood and households to step up and be part of us by wrapping their arms round these children, as a result of they’re the way forward for our neighborhood.”
The White Home Jan. 18, 2022.
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MPD arrested 34 adults and 59 juveniles for D.C. carjacking offenses in 2020. These numbers elevated to 50 adults and 101 juveniles in 2021. As of Feb. 1, 2022, MPD has arrested 19 adults and 14 juveniles for carjacking incidents.
In a single notably notable offense in March 2021, two ladies, aged 13 and 15, have been charged within the killing of Uber Eats driver Mohammad Anwar throughout a botched tried carjacking when he was flung from the car throughout a battle.
MPD additionally recovered extra firearms final yr than every other yr since 2011, its earliest yr for firearm recoveries listed on-line.
