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13 Hurt in D.C. Shooting: Two More Reportedly Injured


Epoch Times Staff
Created: March 11, 2013 Last Updated: March 14, 2013
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13 hurt in D.C. shooting: Police on Monday released footage of a shooting that left 13 people hurt in Washington D.C. Earlier reports said that only 11 people were injured.

UPDATE: Police are still searching for at least one person suspected of shooting up a crowd of people early on Monday morning, which left 13 people injured. Authorities released video footage Monday in the hopes that the perpetrators will be caught.

Originally, reports on Monday said that only 11 people were shot from a vehicle. However, The Associated Press reported later in the day that two others were apparently wounded.

“We have mostly gunshot wounds to the legs, extremities, hands, some graze wounds…” Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier told NBC News. “[The victims] have been transported to a hospital for some sort of treatment.”

Victims were taken to a local hospital. One man was shot in the back and was seriously injured, but the other 12 victims did not suffer life-threatening injuries, reported AP.

[Related: 13 Hurt in D.C. Shooting in Crime-Riddled Tyler House, Near Trendy NoMa]

In the incident, two cars sped down a street and fired shots rapidly, prompting crowds of people to scatter. 

“Whether they came from the club, I’m not sure,” Lanier told AP. “There is usually a pretty good crowd out here—Saturday night, Sunday night.”

Metropolitan Police officials said they are searching for a dark-colored BMW and a light-colored sedan, according to WFMY-2 television. Police are offering up to $10,000 for anyone with information leading to the arrest of the suspects or suspect.

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The shooting took place in front of the crime-ridden Tyler House apartment complex.

Commander Andy Solberg told The Washington Post that in the area, when clubs close early in the morning, “a whole lot of people with cash in their pockets come out onto the street, and the guys from Tyler House are waiting for them. That’s when you get the holdups, and that’s the source of the shootings in the neighborhood.”

“You won’t get the violence down as much as you’d like until you do something about Tyler House,” he added.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/hydejarod Jarod Hyde

    Why didn’t someone tell the perppetrators that DC is a gun free zone that would have stopped it

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Joseph/100000513064151 Joe Joseph

    I guarantee you those who shot, were not legal registered gun owners…but once agin, the Libs are using this stuff. Let me remind the public…..there were, since 1980, 1,682,000 gun related shootings in the US that you probably never knew about. Why? Because of too many to report. Why are we hearing of all of them now?…..One word….Obama. He is making sure the media gets all the incidents out that he can. But go look it up and find every story and see how many of those who used those weapons, are legally buying and selling and using these guns? Let me enlighten you…only 18% involved legal gun owners. Wow…something your daddy Obama will never tell you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1619057132 Harvey Lain

    I’m betting no whites were harmed during this latest incident. To bad it’s politically incorrect to tell the REAL story about gun deaths in the United States. There are more killings in the “hoods” of the US on any given day than at Sandy Hook but Obama and the rest of the liberals are ignoring this because it wouldn’t due to criticize their biggest bloc of voters and supporters.


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