DEADLY
DEADLY SHOOTINGS RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD.
BACKYARD.
BACKYARD. FIVE PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN
SOUTHEAST D.C. JUST HOURS AGO.
FIVE.
FIVE.
FIVE. TWO
FIVE. TWO OF THEM DIDN'T SURVIVE.
GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. I'M ADAM LONGO.
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR WHOEVER
IS RESPONSIBLE.
IS RESPONSIBLE. IT HAPPENED ON CONGRESS STREET,
NOT TOO FAR FROM ST. ELIZABETHS
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. OUR JOHN HENRY, TALKING WITH
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. WE START WITH MIKE VALERIO, WHO
HAS MORE ABOUT HOW THIS
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. MIKE: GOOD EVENING TO YOU.
WE HEARD FROM THE ACTING D.C.
POLICE CHIEF, ROBERT CONTEE, AND
HE SAID THE DISTINCT POSSIBILITY
REMAINS THERE COULD BE MORE THAN
ONE SHOOTER INVOLVED IN THIS
CASE AND WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE
IS STILL AT LARGE.
UNDER DOWNPOURS IN CONGRESS
HEIGHTS, TWO PEOPLE SHOT AND
KILLED, THREE IN THE ER, WITH
TENSE MOMENTS AS POLICE PREPARED
TO ENTER AN APARTMENT, LOOKING
FOR ANYONE ELSE HIT BY GUNFIRE.
>> NO VICTIMS WERE LOCATED.
WE DID FIND EVIDENCE RELATED TO
OUR SCENE THAT WE ARE NOW
LOOKING INTO.
LOOKING INTO. MIKE: ACTING CHIEF ROBERT CONTEE
SAID THE CALL FIRST CAME IN
AFTER 1:00 P.M.
POLICE FOUND TWO PEOPLE DEAD IN
AN APARTMENT PARKING LOT.
ALL INVOLVED APPEARED TO KNOW
EACH OTHER.
EACH OTHER. >> THERE APPEARED TO BE SOME
SORT OF DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO
GROUPS.
GROUPS.
GROUPS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THERE WERE
GUNSHOTS.
GUNSHOTS.
GUNSHOTS. WE HAVE TWO OF OUR CITIZENS OF
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NOW
DEAD.
DEAD.
DEAD. MIKE: TWO WOMEN WERE SHOT, ONE
OF THEM PRONOUNCED DEAD.
A COUNCILMEMBER SAYS HE KNOWS
MANY OF THE VICTIMS.
>> IT HURTS MY HEART.
I KNOW MANY OF THE VICTIMS.
TWO FEMALES, RIGHT, WITH KIDS.
MIKE: FOR NOW, THERE IS NO
SUSPECT INFORMATION.
SUSPECT INFORMATION. ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE GO,
D.C. HAS PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY
THAT IS ABLE TO LISTEN FOR
GUNFIRE ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
AT 1:20 THIS AFTERNOON, IT HEARD
APPROXIMATELY 10 GUNSHOTS IN
RAPID SUCCESSION COMING FROM
THAT SAME INTERSECTION, WHERE
POLICE LATER FOUND THEMSELVES.
ALSO WORTH NOTING, NO VICTIM
NAMES HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
WE ARE EXPECTING THOSE TOMORROW.
ADAM: HOPEFULLY, POLICE CAN
START TO UNRAVEL THIS.
LET'S BRING IN JOHN HENRY, WHO'S
BEEN TALKING WITH PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
VERY UNSETTLING, UNDOUBTEDLY,
FOR THEM.
FOR THEM.
FOR THEM. WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU?
JOHN: WALKING AROUND CONGRESS
HEIGHTS, WE NOTICED LOCALS WERE
SAD AND DISAPPOINTED, BUT NOT
SURPRISED.
SURPRISED. THEY SAY SHOOTINGS LIKE THESE
ARE BECOMING ALL TOO COMMON.
WEDNESDAY, CRIME SCENE TAPE WENT
UP AGAIN IN CONGRESS HEIGHTS.
IT CAN BE A RARE SIGHT IN SOME
NEIGHBORHOODS WEST OF ANACOSTIA.
HERE, IT'S NOTHING OUT OF THE
ORDINARY.
ORDINARY.
ORDINARY. >> THIS IS BRUTALLY --
JOHN: SHEKITA MCBROOM SAYS
SEEING THIS MONTH AFTER MONTH --
>> TRAUMATIZED.
>> TRAUMATIZED. JOHN: THERE HAVE BEEN 20
ASSAULTS WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON
WITHIN A MILE OF THIS CRIME
SCENE RADIUS, ALSO 13 ROBBERIES
AND SEVEN HOMICIDES.
A 15-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT AND
KILLED JUST TWO BLOCKS FROM HERE
IN JANUARY.
IN JANUARY. >> IT'S SAD.
IT'S REAL SAD.
THEY ARE KILLING EACH OTHER.
FIGHTING FOR BLACK LIVES, MAN,
AND WE ARE TAKING OUR OWN.
JOHN: THIS MAN DIDN'T WANT US TO
SHOW HIS FACE, BUT HE FEELS THE
SAME WAY AS EVERYONE ELSE WE
TALKED TO.
TALKED TO. HE WANTS THE VIOLENCE TO END.
>> THEY DON'T GET A CHANCE TO
LIVE.
LIVE.
LIVE. THEY'RE KILLING BABIES, MAN.
BABIES AND TEENAGERS, AND THEY
ARE DOING IT TO EACH OTHER.
JOHN: MAYOR BOWSER WAS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD EARLIER THIS
EVENING, AND SHE SAID SHE WANTS
LOCALS THERE TO REACH OUT THE
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS IN AN
EFFORT TO CUT DOWN ON THE
VIOLENCE THAT DOES OCCUR.
THE COMMISSIONER WE TALKED TO
SAID NOT ENOUGH OF THOSE
RESOURCES ARE BEING MADE
AVAILABLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
FROM DOWNTOWN,