3 boys shot in Southeast DC

Police are investigating a shooting in Southeast D.C. Friday night, after three boys were shot.

It happened on the 300 block of Parkland Place off Malcolm X Avenue before 6:30 p.m. The boys were sitting outside a home when police said a brown vehicle pulled up and fired at them.

A 14-year-old victim was shot in the chest; the other two were struck in the arm and leg. All three were conscious and breathing after the shooting, police said.

The suspect vehicle was last seen heading southbound on Waclark Place.

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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