Drive-By Shooting in NE Kills Girl, 15, Sitting in Car
Yesterday, she pointed out the bullet hole in the window and said police told her that two more bullets were lodged in the building's facade.
The shooting is the most recent in a number of cases involving children in the District.
Wednesday night, David McMorris, 16, was killed when two men opened fire on him and three men about a block from the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station in Northwest.
This month, two best friends -- Antwain Holroyd, 17, and Michael Simms, 16 -- were shot to death while standing with friends in Southeast. In April, Timothy Hamilton, a 15-year-old freshman at Ballou Senior High School, was shot and killed, also in Southeast.
In May, a 12-year-old girl was wounded by a stray bullet while sitting on her front porch in the Petworth neighborhood of Northwest Washington. And an 8-year-old girl, Chelsea Cromartie, was killed earlier that month when she was hit in the head by a stray bullet while watching television at her aunt's home in Northeast.
In recent weeks, residents and civic activists have organized marches, held rallies and appealed to police and city officials to come up with measures to halt the violence.
Last month, Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) pledged to offer more summer and after-school programs and work opportunities for youths this year and appealed to the business community to come up with funds and jobs.
Cmdr. Michael L. Anzallo, chief of detectives for the D.C. police, said yesterday that the investigation into Myesha's death was in its early stages. "We ask anybody with information to come forward." Those with information about the shooting should call 202-727-9099 or 202-645-9600.
Meanwhile, Cindi Garber stood outside her home, examining what looked like a palm-size bloodstain on the sidewalk and the shattered glass scattered across her sidewalk and into the street. She wondered whether she should clean it up but said she didn't want to offend neighbors who knew the girl or hinder police by removing evidence, she said. But it was upsetting to look out her window and see the markers of the attack out there, she said.
Finally, Garber brought out a broom and a bottle of bleach to begin work, but she was stopped by a police officer who arrived to inspect the site again.
Staff writer Sewell Chan contributed to this report.
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Officer William Hyatt examines the scene while resident Cindi Garber waits to clean the area. Garber, who heard the shooting, said a bullet ricocheted off the girls' car and came through a second-story window of her rowhouse.
(James A. Parcell -- The Washington Post)
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_____Correction_____
A young woman in a family photograph that accompanied a July 26 article was misidentified as Myesha Lowe, the 15-year-old victim of a fatal shooting in the District. That photo was of her sister. Myesha is pictured here.
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