DC police release video of car, suspect in shooting that hurt 6-year-old girl

(Courtesy D.C. police via YouTube)

WASHINGTON — D.C. police need help identifying the suspect and locating the vehicle in connection with the shooting of a girl in Southeast D.C.

It happened on Thursday on the 2700 block of Langston Place. Police responded to a shooting just before 9:30 p.m. and located a 6-year-old girl with a gun shot wound.

She was taken to the hospital for treatment of an injury that was not life-threatening.

Police released a video of the shooting. In the video, a person can be seen getting out of the car’s passenger side and pointing a gun. A blurred image can be seen moving behind the suspect’s car.

Anyone with information on the car or the suspect should call police at 202-727-9099.

See the video below.

Below is the area where it happened.

Abigail Constantino

Abigail Constantino started her journalism career writing for a local newspaper in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a graduate of American University and The George Washington University.

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