A 6-year-old girl was killed in a car accident and 5 adults were seriously injured. Mass shooting According to the police, he was in Washington, DC late Friday night.
Administrative Assistant Chief Asan Benedict said in a video posted to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Twitter account that a shooting took place at the intersection of Martin Luther King Avenue and Malcolm X Avenue in the southeastern part of the city around 11 pm event.
“(The police) did not receive the call, they actually heard the gunshot and responded,” he said. Say“They found several shooting victims.”
Benedict said that the 6-year-old girl was pronounced dead in the hospital.
He added that three male and two female adults were treated in the hospital and were not life-threatening.
No suspects were arrested. The police said on Twitter that they were looking for a “dark” vehicle.
The girl’s death marks the 102nd homicide in the region in 2021. The number of homicides in the capital has been on the rise for the past four years. According to data from DC police.
“Any shooting in the city is unacceptable,” Benedict said on Friday. “We are responding to calls from too many children being affected by gunfire, so please help us bring these shooters to justice.”
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