A shooting in the Shaw neighborhood of Northwest D.C. on Sunday afternoon has left one teenager dead and another in the hospital, police said. It was one of two fatal shootings within an hour in the District, police said.
D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said the two Shaw victims appear to be “in their young teens” but have not been identified. They were on the streets with a larger group of teenagers, who are now being questioned. Police are still looking for suspects.
The slaying was the second fatal shooting of the afternoon. In the first, the victim was shot just after 2 p.m. in the 4900 block of Nash Street NE, Jordan said. The site is near the Deanwood Recreation Center, and east of the Deanwood Metrorail station.
Speaking from the scene of the Shaw shooting, Newsham discussed steps the District was taking to curb gun violence, which reached a decade high in 2019. He referenced the emergency “Ghost Guns” legislation introduced by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Friday to curb illegal firearms and recent efforts in the Virginia legislature to advance gun control bills.
Martin Weil contributed to this report.