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| Girl’s condition improves after shooting that rattles her D.C. neighborhood | Girl’s condition improves after shooting that rattles her D.C. neighborhood |
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| A 7-year-old girl who was struck by a stray bullet while walking with her parents near their home in Southeast Washington on Friday night was upgraded to fair condition Sunday, as police continued to search for the shooter. | A 7-year-old girl who was struck by a stray bullet while walking with her parents near their home in Southeast Washington on Friday night was upgraded to fair condition Sunday, as police continued to search for the shooter. |
| The family had returned from dinner and were on the sidewalk on the 2900 block of Knox Place about 9:45 p.m. Friday when a person fired four shots, striking the girl in the abdomen and blowing out the rear window of a nearby car, authorities said. | The family had returned from dinner and were on the sidewalk on the 2900 block of Knox Place about 9:45 p.m. Friday when a person fired four shots, striking the girl in the abdomen and blowing out the rear window of a nearby car, authorities said. |
| The child was airlifted Friday night to Children’s National Medical Center, where she was stabilized, according to a police report. | |
| Police have not identified the victim, a suspect or a possible motive in what neighbors say is the latest in a spate of shootings in the area. It’s also not clear if someone in the family was the intended target. The handgun used in the shooting had not been recovered as of Saturday evening, and there had been no arrests, said police spokeswoman Aquita Brown. | Police have not identified the victim, a suspect or a possible motive in what neighbors say is the latest in a spate of shootings in the area. It’s also not clear if someone in the family was the intended target. The handgun used in the shooting had not been recovered as of Saturday evening, and there had been no arrests, said police spokeswoman Aquita Brown. |
| The family — the 7-year-old and her mother and father — had just parked their car on the street and were walking near a three-story brick apartment building at 2926 Knox Pl. when the shooting occurred, police said. The family lives on the same block. | The family — the 7-year-old and her mother and father — had just parked their car on the street and were walking near a three-story brick apartment building at 2926 Knox Pl. when the shooting occurred, police said. The family lives on the same block. |
| The shooting marked at least the third time a juvenile was struck by gunfire in recent weeks. | The shooting marked at least the third time a juvenile was struck by gunfire in recent weeks. |
| A 6-year-old boy was shot twice in the arm Wednesday night in Northeast, near the Prince George’s County line, after police said two people forced open the front door of his apartment and fired shots. Police said the incident was related to a neighbor dispute. | A 6-year-old boy was shot twice in the arm Wednesday night in Northeast, near the Prince George’s County line, after police said two people forced open the front door of his apartment and fired shots. Police said the incident was related to a neighbor dispute. |
| On March 26, 15-year-old Davonte Washington was fatally shot while he waited for a train on the platform of the Deanwood Metro station in Northeast. Police said Washington was on his way to get a haircut for Easter with his mother and two younger sisters when another teen approached him. | On March 26, 15-year-old Davonte Washington was fatally shot while he waited for a train on the platform of the Deanwood Metro station in Northeast. Police said Washington was on his way to get a haircut for Easter with his mother and two younger sisters when another teen approached him. |
| Maurice Bellamy, 17, of Southeast, was charged as an adult with second-degree murder while armed. Police said Bellamy and Washington didn’t know each other, but that the two exchanged words before Bellamy shot Washington in the chest. | Maurice Bellamy, 17, of Southeast, was charged as an adult with second-degree murder while armed. Police said Bellamy and Washington didn’t know each other, but that the two exchanged words before Bellamy shot Washington in the chest. |
| Friday’s night’s shooting — only a few hundred feet away from a police station — rattled some neighbors, who described the area as troubled. | Friday’s night’s shooting — only a few hundred feet away from a police station — rattled some neighbors, who described the area as troubled. |
| “It is a living hell over there,” said Advisory Neighborhood Commission member Betty Scioppo, who lives nearby. She said the street where the shooting occurred has long been plagued by drugs and violence. “It’s right here by the police station, but there’s not enough manpower here to stop all this crime. It’s sad.” | “It is a living hell over there,” said Advisory Neighborhood Commission member Betty Scioppo, who lives nearby. She said the street where the shooting occurred has long been plagued by drugs and violence. “It’s right here by the police station, but there’s not enough manpower here to stop all this crime. It’s sad.” |
| Anthony Muhammad, a member of the police department’s Citizens Advisory Council, said he went to the girl’s apartment building Saturday morning, but no one could tell him anything about the shooting. | Anthony Muhammad, a member of the police department’s Citizens Advisory Council, said he went to the girl’s apartment building Saturday morning, but no one could tell him anything about the shooting. |
| “No one wants to say anything,” Muhammad said. “It’s almost like a ghost town.” | “No one wants to say anything,” Muhammad said. “It’s almost like a ghost town.” |
| He said police had taken cameras from her apartment building, presumably to check for video footage of the incident. | He said police had taken cameras from her apartment building, presumably to check for video footage of the incident. |
| Muhammad said it was one of more than a handful of shootings over the past two months. The fact that the violence involved a child has left people angry. | Muhammad said it was one of more than a handful of shootings over the past two months. The fact that the violence involved a child has left people angry. |
| “People are shocked, angry, upset,” Muhammad said. “This is outrageous. It doesn’t make sense.” | “People are shocked, angry, upset,” Muhammad said. “This is outrageous. It doesn’t make sense.” |
| Asked why neighbors didn’t seem to want to talk about the shooting, Muhammad said, “It’s like people have become numb” to the violence in the area. | Asked why neighbors didn’t seem to want to talk about the shooting, Muhammad said, “It’s like people have become numb” to the violence in the area. |
| Muhammad said he can see the 7th District police station from the shooting scene. | Muhammad said he can see the 7th District police station from the shooting scene. |
| “It’s ridiculous,” Muhammad said. | “It’s ridiculous,” Muhammad said. |
| Police on Saturday offered a $10,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a suspect on what they said was a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. | Police on Saturday offered a $10,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a suspect on what they said was a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. |
| Alice Crites and Peter Hermann contributed to this report. | Alice Crites and Peter Hermann contributed to this report. |