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After triple homicide, officials and neighbors grapple with a failure to curb violence
Public Safety
After triple homicide, officials and neighbors grapple with a failure to curb violence
By Peter Hermann and Michael Laris
Today at 6:11 p.m. EDT
The shooting that killed three people and wounded three more on Saturday in Northwest Washington frustrated city leaders who have expressed outrage all year at the continuing violence but have made little progress curbing the District’s escalating homicide count.
“We’ve been talking about gun violence for a long time,” Police Chief Robert J. Contee III told reporters at the scene of the triple killing on Longfellow Street.
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Police have not made any arrests and said they are trying to determine a motive. The shooting occurred about 7:30 p.m. one block north of Kennedy Street, the main thoroughfare cutting through Brightwood Park, a gentrifying community east of Rock Creek Park struggling with historic beefs between rival street crews and tensions between some residents and police.
[Thousands of bullets have been fired in this D.C. neighborhood, where fear is a part of life]
Contee said at least one assailant got out of a black Honda Accord and fired into a group of people. The chief said detectives are trying to determine whether anyone on Longfellow returned fire.
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By Peter Hermann
Peter Hermann covers crime for The Washington Post. He previously worked for the Baltimore Sun for 22 years, covering a Baltimore suburb and then the Baltimore Police Department. Twitter https://twitter.com/phscoop
By Michael Laris
Michael Laris writes about the transformation of the U.S. transportation system. He has covered government accountability and was a reporter in Beijing. Twitter https://twitter.com/mikelaris
After triple homicide, officials and neighbors grapple with a failure to curb violence
By Peter Hermann and Michael Laris
Today at 6:11 p.m. EDT
The shooting that killed three people and wounded three more on Saturday in Northwest Washington frustrated city leaders who have expressed outrage all year at the continuing violence but have made little progress curbing the District’s escalating homicide count.
“We’ve been talking about gun violence for a long time,” Police Chief Robert J. Contee III told reporters at the scene of the triple killing on Longfellow Street.
{snip}
Police have not made any arrests and said they are trying to determine a motive. The shooting occurred about 7:30 p.m. one block north of Kennedy Street, the main thoroughfare cutting through Brightwood Park, a gentrifying community east of Rock Creek Park struggling with historic beefs between rival street crews and tensions between some residents and police.
[Thousands of bullets have been fired in this D.C. neighborhood, where fear is a part of life]
Contee said at least one assailant got out of a black Honda Accord and fired into a group of people. The chief said detectives are trying to determine whether anyone on Longfellow returned fire.
{snip}
By Peter Hermann
Peter Hermann covers crime for The Washington Post. He previously worked for the Baltimore Sun for 22 years, covering a Baltimore suburb and then the Baltimore Police Department. Twitter https://twitter.com/phscoop
By Michael Laris
Michael Laris writes about the transformation of the U.S. transportation system. He has covered government accountability and was a reporter in Beijing. Twitter https://twitter.com/mikelaris