>> Announcer: NEWS4 AT 11:00
STARTS NOW. >>> AND WE COME ON THE AIR
TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER SHOOTING
INVOLVING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE
DISTRICT. THIS CASE UNFOLDING IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT NEAR A REC CENTER ON N
STREET IN SOUTHWEST WHERE VOTERS
WERE CASTING THEIR BALLOTS.
HI, EVERYBODY.
I’M JIM ANT.
POLICE TELL US THIS SHOOTING IS
NOT RELATED TO EARLY VOTING. FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT
IN D.C. SINCE FRIDAY. NEWS4’S MAURICIO CASILLAS SPEAKS
TO RESIDENTS TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: D.C. POLICE SAY A
15-YEAR-OLD AND 17-YEAR-OLD WERE
SHOT RIGHT HERE BY THE KING
GREEN LEAF RECREATION CENTER?
SOUTHWEST.
IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT SUNDAY.
SOME FOLKS COMING TO CAST THEIR
BALLOTS EARLY. WHAT THEY SAW WAS AN AREA THAT
WAS TAPED OFF BY POLICE AS THEY
INVESTIGATE ANOTHER INSTANCE OF
TEENS BEING STRUCK BY BULLETS IN THE DISTRICT.
>> MAY HEART IS JUST BEATING
REALLY HARD.
>> Reporter: THIS WOMAN RUSHING
TO THE REC CENTER TO MAKE SURE
HER GRANDSON, WHO CAME HERE TO
PLAY BASKETBALL, WAS OKAY.
SHE’S LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.
>> IT’S SAD.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON
WITH OUR PEOPLE, MAN. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY WHEN
OFFICERS ARRIVED, THE TWO TEENS
WERE CONSCIOUS AND BREATHING,
BUT THE EXTENT OF THEIR INJURIES ISN’T KNOWN.
>> THEY’RE NOT EVEN GROWN
PEOPLE.
THESE ARE KIDS.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE SECOND
SHOOTING AT THE REC CENTER IN
THE PAST MONTH.
THAT TIME ONE OF THE WINDOWS
HERE WAS SHATTERED.
>> I THINK THERE’S SOME IRONY
THAT WE HAVE A VOTING LOCATION
BEHIND US, BUT WE DIDN’T SEE OUR
MAYOR TONIGHT.
WE DON’T SEE OUR CITY COUNCIL
PEOPLE TONIGHT. AND WE’RE REAL FED UP.
I UNDERSTAND THEY’RE TELLING US
CRIME’S DOWN, BUT IT SURE
DOESN’T FEEL LIKE IT.
>> Reporter: D.C. POLICE CRIME
DATA SHOWS VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN
BY 5% COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST
YEAR, BUT HARPER SAYS MORE NEEDS
TO BE DONE.
>> IT BREAKS YOUR HEART.
IT’S A TRAGEDY GOING ON AROUND
US. >> Reporter: D.C. POLICE HAVE
YET TO IDENTIFY THE TWO TEENS
WHO WERE STRUCK, BUT THEY DO SAY
THEY’RE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A RED
OR MAROON TOYOTA RAV4.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATIONN
THAT, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL
POLICE. REPORTING IN SOUTHWEST, MAURICIO
CASILLAS, NEWS4.
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