Posted on 11/25/2015 8:32:23 AM PST by Perseverando
A group of roughly 40 Capitol Hill residents gathered Friday morning at a local coffee shop to discuss the recent surge of violence in the area. As the meeting kicked off, another shooting occurred just two blocks away.
According to a Metropolitan Police Department alert, a shooting occurred at the corner of 13th and Pennsylvania Ave SE, and the suspect fled toward downtown D.C. in a blue or black car.
The meeting, and most recent shooting, came on the heels of what some calling the “Reign of Terror†that occurred Wednesday night. Five people were mugged in the neighborhood within 30 minutes, and now people are calling for a larger police presence.
"This is 100 percent unacceptable," D.C. Councilman Charles Allen, who represents the Capitol Hill area, told the crowd. "I’ve got some neighbors that are very frustrated, and some are very scared."
Police say they captured five suspects believed to be involved with the Wednesday night crime spree.
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Mmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm, Barack Hussein Obama.
Southeast DC was a real mess when I lived in the area. You did not even want to drive through it.
Doesn’t D.C. have strict gun control laws? That would be a large part of the problem.
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