6-year-old boy, father shot on Father's Day during violent weekend in DC: police
Teen killed, several others injured during violent weekend in DC
The holiday weekend turned deadly in our nation’s capital. There were three separate shootings in Southeast D.C. in the span of just two hours. FOX 5’s Sierra Fox reports from outside D.C. police headquarters with the latest on these cases.
WASHINGTON - The explosion of shootings and killings among kids is causing outrage in the District.
On Father’s Day, there were three separate shootings in less than two hours. According to D.C. police, five people were shot and two of them have died.
At this time, the suspects responsible are still on the run.
ANC Commissioner Paul Trantham
ANC Commissioner Paul Trantham lives in Southeast where the three shootings took place.
"The city is out of control," Trantham told FOX 5. "Too many guns out here on our streets. It saddens me to see this going on. When we are a good city. Washington, D.C. is a great city, but right now we have a great problem that needs to be dealt with."
D.C. police reported 17-year-old Kevin Mason and 15-year-old Demarcos Pinckney were both killed after being shot on Langston Place over the weekend.
And just before 10 p.m. on Minnesota Avenue, officers found a 6-year-old boy and his father suffering from gunshot wounds outside their car. Both were rushed to the hospital.
At last check, the son is in critical but stable condition at the hospital and his dad is expected to survive.
Around 10:30 p.m. Sunday night, a 16-year-old girl was shot when a bullet flew through her home on Bruce Place.
Early Saturday morning, a 14-year-old was shot and killed in a shooting in the 2600 block of Sheridan Road in the southeast. Police said the shooting happened just before 1 a.m.
Over the weekend and into Monday, D.C. police also responded to shootings in the 2400 block of Georgia Avenue, the 2100 block of Fairlawn Avenue, the 1900 block of Bruce Place, the 2500 block of Sherman Avenue, and the 2300 block of Nicholson Street.
16-year-old girl recovering after Father's Day shooting
A 16-year-old girl who was wounded in a shooting on Bruce Place Southeast is recovering. She was in her house when dozens of shots were fired outside -- one of the bullets wounded her. FOX 5's Nana-Sentuo Bonsu spoke to her family and neighbors who are fed up.
The deadly violence extended into the Juneteenth holiday. Police reported a man was shot and killed Monday in the 600 block of I Street in Northwest just before 5:20 a.m.
D.C. police crime data reveals so far in 2023 — there have been 56 juvenile gunshot wound victims; 28 in 2022, and 20 back in 2021. Officials believe at least 10 minors have been killed by gunfire so far.
Trantham is calling on D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to step up and figure out how to tackle the rise in youth violence.
"I’ve always said when it comes down to the development she may be successful, but she’s failing us with the safety of this city and the evidence is what we’re seeing every day for days," Trantham said. "You can’t go to the store. You can’t go to the playground. You can’t go to the bank. These are places people have been shot at."
Trantham has lived in D.C. his entire life and says this is the worst he has seen it since the late 80s/early 90s when it was the murder capital of the United States. FOX 5 asked him what he thinks the solution is, and he said he wants to see more officers patrolling on foot.
FOX 5 did reach out to the Mayor’s Office and we’re waiting to hear back.