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10-year-old girl dies in Northeast D.C. shooting; four adults wounded
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10-year-old girl dies in Northeast D.C. shooting; four adults wounded
By Michael Brice-Saddler and Dana Hedgpeth July 17 at 10:26 AM [link:michael.brice-saddler@washpost.com; dana.hedgpeth@washpost.com|Email the author]
A 10-year-old girl was killed and four adults were wounded Monday night in an outbreak of gunfire in Northeast Washington, police said. ... The girl was identified by police as Makiyah Wilson of Northeast. ... “We have to be outraged,” said Assistant D.C. Police Chief Chanel Dickerson. ... The gunfire erupted about 8 p.m. in the 300 block of 53rd Street NE, said Officer Hugh Carew, a police spokesman.
Police said the girl died at a hospital. A woman and a man who had been wounded were taken to hospitals by the D.C. fire department, police said. Two other men also went to hospitals with gunshot wounds, the police said.
Makiyah Wilson (Courtesy of Raven Hall)
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According to police, a black vehicle drove up, and four black males got out, wearing masks. A resident of the community said the people who got out “started shooting.” ... Asked about the number of shots, the man said, “Couldn’t count them, too many to count.” ... After the gunfire, the resident said, the people who had fired “got in the car and drove off.” Then, he said, people ran.
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Police said they are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for any information in Makiyah’s death. ... In a news conference at the scene Monday night, police said the vehicle involved in the shooting was a black Infiniti SUV with paper tags. In a statement early Tuesday morning, police described the vehicle only as a black, four-door sedan. They provided a photograph that showed a vehicle and people that they suspected of involvement in the incident.
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Jennifer Jenkins, Justin Jouvenal, Perry Stein and Martin Weil contributed to this report.
Michael Brice-Saddler is a reporter covering D.C. police. He joined The Washington Post in June 2018 as an intern after graduating from The University of Maryland at College Park. Follow https://twitter.com/TheArtist_MBS
Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999. Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl
10-year-old girl dies in Northeast D.C. shooting; four adults wounded
By Michael Brice-Saddler and Dana Hedgpeth July 17 at 10:26 AM [link:michael.brice-saddler@washpost.com; dana.hedgpeth@washpost.com|Email the author]
A 10-year-old girl was killed and four adults were wounded Monday night in an outbreak of gunfire in Northeast Washington, police said. ... The girl was identified by police as Makiyah Wilson of Northeast. ... “We have to be outraged,” said Assistant D.C. Police Chief Chanel Dickerson. ... The gunfire erupted about 8 p.m. in the 300 block of 53rd Street NE, said Officer Hugh Carew, a police spokesman.
Police said the girl died at a hospital. A woman and a man who had been wounded were taken to hospitals by the D.C. fire department, police said. Two other men also went to hospitals with gunshot wounds, the police said.
Makiyah Wilson (Courtesy of Raven Hall)
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According to police, a black vehicle drove up, and four black males got out, wearing masks. A resident of the community said the people who got out “started shooting.” ... Asked about the number of shots, the man said, “Couldn’t count them, too many to count.” ... After the gunfire, the resident said, the people who had fired “got in the car and drove off.” Then, he said, people ran.
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Police said they are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for any information in Makiyah’s death. ... In a news conference at the scene Monday night, police said the vehicle involved in the shooting was a black Infiniti SUV with paper tags. In a statement early Tuesday morning, police described the vehicle only as a black, four-door sedan. They provided a photograph that showed a vehicle and people that they suspected of involvement in the incident.
....
Jennifer Jenkins, Justin Jouvenal, Perry Stein and Martin Weil contributed to this report.
Michael Brice-Saddler is a reporter covering D.C. police. He joined The Washington Post in June 2018 as an intern after graduating from The University of Maryland at College Park. Follow https://twitter.com/TheArtist_MBS
Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999. Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl
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