The assailant got nothing — the victim’s watch, wallet and credit cards were not taken.
Father said that he believes his son was walking home from his girlfriend house.
Strange story. It might not be drugs, might be wrong place, wrong time. But not taking anything off the victim seems to rules out robbery. This seems personal, jealous ex-boyfriend (he was straight).
What interested me was how the police were notified. Gunshot sensors were triggered.
Still probably a mugging gone wrong.
Muggers are little punks. Kids who can’t shoot waving around a cheap gun, maybe trying to seem big for an onlooker. They shoot a guy by accident, or out of sheer stupidity, the last they want is to take evidence with them — they’ll run.
(Serious criminals in places like DC absolutely HATE muggers — they victimize people who will complain to and get the attention of cops. Drugs, car thefts, B&Es of places you verify to be empty ... these are the crimes that the cops barely care to take a report on.)