14-year-old shot and killed in Southeast DC on Halloween night
WASHINGTON - A 14-year-old is dead after a shooting in Southeast on Halloween night.
D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee III said the ninth-grader was shot and killed in the 2600 block of Birney Place near Pomeroy Road around 8:45 p.m Monday.
Contee said the teenager – who has been identified as Antione Manning – was found unconscious but breathing. Manning was transported to a local hospital where he later died.
During a news conference at the scene of the shooting, Contee said he's "fed up with the violence."
Police said they don't believe there were trick-or-treaters out at the time of the shooting.
At this point in the investigation, police believe the shooting was targeted.