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Six shot and wounded, including a 5-year-old boy, in Northeast Washington, police say Six shot and wounded, including a 5-year-old boy, in Northeast Washington, police say
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Three gunman opened fire in a Northeast D.C. barber shop on Friday evening, wounding six people including a 5-year-old boy, police said. Six people, including a small boy, were shot and wounded Friday evening in Northeast Washington when three armed men opened fire in a barber shop, the police said.
The child suffered a graze wound to his hand, police said. A woman who is a relative of the boy and four men also were injured. The child was grazed on a hand, and none of the others’ wounds were thought to be life-threatening, the police said. They included four men and a woman who is related to the boy, according to police.
The incident unfolded shortly after 6 p.m. at SNAP’S barber shop in the 6200 block of Dix Street NE. D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said three men, at least two of them wearing masks, walked into the shop and began shooting. The gunfire broke out shortly after 6 p.m. at Snap’s barber shop in the 6200 block of Dix Street NE. No motive was immediately known, D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said in a briefing at the scene.
“It looks like the victims in this case were in the barbershop getting their hair cut or with someone who was getting their hair cut,” Newsham said.“It looks like the victims in this case were in the barbershop getting their hair cut or with someone who was getting their hair cut,” Newsham said.
Newsham said after the shooting the gunmen fled in a silver minivan. After the shooting, the gunmen fled in a fled in a silver minivan.
The chief said two of the victims went to a nearby firehouse for help. The chief said two victims went to a firehouse for help, apparently in nearby Prince George’s County.
Vito Maggiolo, a spokesman for the D.C. Fire and EMS department said four of the victims were taken to hospitals by D.C. EMS personnel. Maggiolo said two others were being treated by Prince George’s County rescue personnel. “We had two walk- in shooting victims, one adult, one child,” said Jenifer Donelan, the spokeswoman for the Prince George’s fire and rescue service. The two went to a firehouse on Central Avenue.
The 6200 block of Dix Street intersects Eastern Avenue NE, the border between the District and Prince George’s County. Newsham said Prince George’s police were assisting in the search for the suspects. Vito Maggiolo, a spokesman for the D.C. Fire and EMS department said D.C. EMS personnel took four to hospitals.
One of the wounded men was in surgery Friday night and listed in critical but stable condition, police said. Injuries to the other adults were believed to be non-life-threatening. The 6200 block of Dix Street intersects Eastern Avenue NE, the border between the District and Prince George’s .
The number of people hit was one of the largest in a single incident in the city in recent months. One of the wounded men was in surgery Friday night and in critical but stable condition, police said.
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