The year’s first homicide in the District occurred on the year’s first day. In another of the five shootings reported in the city Tuesday a man described as a bystander was critically wounded, according to D.C. police. Another shooting occurred about 2:50 p.m. in the 2000 block of Rhode Island Avenue NE, near Brookland. Newsham said that police had only a scant description of the assailant in the Kennedy Street shooting, but that detectives were questioning two people. Within an hour, the Barnaby Road shooting was reported.

Source: Washington Post January 02, 2019 03:00 UTC