Homicides are also up in Ward 8, where Wednesday’s shooting occurred, with 15 so far this year. D.C. Council Member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) paced up and down Congress Street. ADOfficials said that $15 million program will aim to attack the root causes of gun violence, concentrating efforts where the problems are most acute. Wednesday’s shooting comes about four weeks after a man armed with a gun opened fire inside a 7-Eleven in the Bellevue neighborhood of Southwest Washington, injuring five people. Last year, at least 20 people were shot as hundreds attended a cookout in the Greenway neighborhood of Southeast Washington.

Source: Washington Post March 31, 2021 18:11 UTC