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The gunman started shooting at someone who then ran in the direction of children at a lunch program
Three people, including two young boys, were shot in the District of Columbia while they were waiting in line at a summer lunch program, The Washington Post reported.
Metro Police told the newspaper that the boys, ages 7 and 8, were among 30 children lined up for the lunch program when a gunman began shooting at another male outside a nearby apartment building around 12:30 p.m.
The gunman and his intended target fled the scene.
A counselor, a man in his 40s who was with the boys, was hit in the thigh.
The 7-year-old was shot in the back of his left shoulder and the 8-year-old was hit in the right ankle, The Post reported.
One child was transported by helicopter to a hospital while the other two victims were taken by ambulance. None of the injuries are considered life-threatening, NBCWashington.com reported.
The shooter's intended target fled in the children's direction when the shots were fired.
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The Post reported the children were rushed into an apartment building across the street when the shooting began.
One witness told NBCWashington.com that she heard 11 shots fired.
Police are using a helicopter and K-9 units to search for the shooter, the station reported.
They are also searching for the shooter's target, The Post reported.
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Outside the political arena, such shootings are just 'a day in the life' for Washington D.C.
It is sad that someone's own anger would negate the safety of children. How narcissistic can they be?
That city has been neglected for so many years; it didn't have its own government until the 20th century.
In some places, government officials must live within a city's limits. That would do wonders for Wash. D.C., if all the members of Congress, Senate, and Supreme Court had to live there.
Agreed. But only if they are not allowed to have guns or body guards with guns.
Maybe in this case someone was sick of always being served stale apple crisp.
Dumb comment. Innocent children have just been shot. I hope they find the shooter. What a horrible story. I hope the kids get through the recovery quickly and don't fear outings in the future because of some retartd with a gun.
Agreed! What an idiot. Typical for the people in Washington, D.C. This includes ALL the politicians and government.
No doubt the gun was illegal. Law abiding citizens in DC have to jump through flaming hoops blindfolded to get a LEGAL gun, so you can bet this one wasn't one of the legal ones. Now, back to Marion Barry's famous quote, "Aside from the killings, Washington, DC is a very safe city to live in."
Which one looked the most like Obama's son?
Are Jessie and Al on their way? Unlikely, there's no profit in it for them.
You need to get out more, man. There's more to life than trolling newsvine...
king_of_the_jungle_jive
The one fleeing the scene!
this is the kind of sh*t that makes people racist
Not as long as you remember that you can't paint everyone with a broad brush. And trust me, minorities get just as frustrated as everyone else when their particular group is in the news reinforcing every negative stereotype.
Sometimes it is hard to mentally keep race out of it. I do it by thinking of every decent person of all different races I have known. Granted I haven't known too many people outside of my own race but I've known enough good ones to know that to put those good people with the crazy ones like this would most definitely be wrong.
And that's how you do it, F Walsh. It is intellectually lazy to just blame every member of a group for the actions of other members of that group. I think it is a natural reaction, but you have to be smarter than your frustration. I know good members of almost every racial group and have come in contact with idiots from that same group. I don't have a problem if someone treats an idiot like an idiot, but try and give someone the benefit of the doubt before you force them to bear the burden of the actions of idiots in their group. What you find may suprise you.
I got a feeling it might've been a disgruntled WHITE person.Life is frustrating now,everyone is on edge.I hope it's not as it would be horrible if it is white on black.Black on black-meh..Course they didn't say the peeps who were injured are black.
The injuries were said to be non-life threatening, which is good news. The bad news is what the anti- 2nd ammendment crowd will try to do.
OMG. How AWFUL is this. This just tears me up and makes me SO angry. I m SO sorry for these kids and their families. What a waste.
"If it was for the homicides, crime in D. C. is really low" D.C. Mayor Marion Berry.
How long before the first idiot posts "Way to go NRA" as if the hoodlum that went and shot up a free lunch program in the ghetto of DC is an NRA member.
When I was growing up and watched "cowboys and Indians", I was glad that those crazy people shooting people weren't running around any more!
What is wrong with people in America? Where have they come from? If this didn't used to happen in America, what has changed? Are intelligence levels going down? Are emotional intelligence levels just non-existent? You know, usually the "higher level brain form" shows empathy for others.
Really! What has changed? Everyone thinks it is just cool to be a sleazy "gangsta"? Why is this image and mentality being glorified and celebritized in our culture? Sick genes in our society!
What happens in the movies is rarely true.
Except in Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson movies, right?
The NRA proudly supports all criminal elements, since any law abiding citizen can become a crazed drug addicted or drug dealer jerk off.
I'm glad that the children only suffered "minor" wounds, still...children?
"Hey, i'm a guy with a gun, i'm just going to fire wildly to hit some guy running towards children, and I might get lucky and miss the children."
And of course all the local citizens will "not have seen anything."
People in D.C. are like mexicans in Mexico. "Didn't see nothing officer. I would tell you what I saw, but I fear for my own life and that of my family, so I saw nothing."
The rest of you, pretty much the same. If you saw a crime, and you KNEW the person, you people wouldn't say jack @!$%#.
Bunch of kids, local adults, adults watching the kids, will all have saw nothing.
Almost all my friends carry guns. But, I don't know any of them that are members of your NRA.
I don't belong to aarp, nra, naacp, or pta. I think for myself. Try it sometime.
Really Twit? (KeyOrion).
I belong to the NRA. I'm also a police officer. I also teach the required training courses for civilians to receive their concealed carry permits.
Try using your brain next time instead of wiping it when you sit on the john.
What a foolish comment to make about the NRA - KeyOrion. Those kinds of comment just keep fanning the flames of bias and bigotry. Go collect some real facts and then you can comment about the NRA
Key orion, you are sucha bigot and most likely a plant from the anti-gunner groups to boot. You must have taken that little speil sraight from the anti-gunner hand book. It has been proven time and again, study after study that with legalized gun's in an area there is far less crime. If you would like to know more just check out the FBI's studies and Ye Shall KNOW the TRUTH. And that is just one of the many studies out there. It has been proven that crime escalates under gun control (Australia for one place to check out) than with out gun control.
I had heard they had a few pairs of the new air Jordan's in the area......... Definitely worth shooting someone over.... (if you're an uneducated animal)
Put the blame for all these shootings,where it belongs... The NRA and the republican party ! They have put into the head of americans that guns are a normal thing to have, that it represent freedom !! THAT IS A LIE !!! A LIE FOR PROFIT ! Guns do not belong in a civilized society, people !! The far west is long gone, this is the 21st century and america is supposed to be a civilized society !
What the NRA has forgotten to tell you is that YOU WILL NEVER HAVE YOUR GUN WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT ! Also they never told you that you can run from a knife, but you can't run from a bullet !
MORONS !
The citizens of THIS country have had gun since before we had a country. Guns are part of us. Now along come some new-comers that don't like America and want to change it.
Or, it could be that they are criminals and don't want us to be able to shoot back.
barock: I can tell you're not an American, as you didn't use a cap on America.
Hey Barock (AKA phucking moron),
I always have my gun so, I will have my gun IF I really need it. According to the US Constitution, a gun is a normal thing to have. Based on the number of shootings we have these days, the wild west would be an improvement as far as drive bys are concerned.
Ah, the same old tired argument! Guns dont kill people. PEOPLE DO!
This is everyday life in the Nation's Capital. If they aren't shooting, they are car jacking or on the Metro stealing from the working commuters. The DC cops don't do much of anything. They may act on this one though given that it has made national headlines.
People making money in the big cities and then going to another town to spend it are the cause of the big cities being drained of all their resources, including Washington D.C. Too bad that commuters are mugged, but that city has been squeezed dry by the Federal government, without paying for what it does.
What have we become?
heather...
Please refrain from putting the vast majority of people, regardless of race or ethnicity into the same category as the low life scumbag animals that do this type of crime.
Yeah what have you become... A disfunctional and heartless society. Not having safety nets and UHC is the result of all these crimes because unsecure people are like wild animals !
Uncontrolled and unregulated capitalism DOES NOT WORK, people.
Thanks goodness, I was able to leave america.. I feel much safer where i now live..
Wow: I was right. You're NOT an American. You're just on here to stir up trouble.
Must have been deported. Not the guts to tell us what country you're in. LOL.
Please remain in France and as you are not here, and from previous posts, I don't believe you're a citizen, shove your opinion of our laws and culture where the sun don't shine.
Oh, and PLEASE stay away from the cemeteries of the American HEROES killed liberating France from the Nazis. I really wouldn't want your presence there desecrating their remains and memories.
Barock,
Good! Stay there (whatever sh!thole you would prefer over this fine country)! Phuckwad!
gladd your gone tooooooooooooooooooooooo!
If you're going to be a shooter, for God's sake please go practice your aim at a target range first. Too many innocents get hurt or killed because you don't know how to handle a weapon.
They get their "training" from the "Gansta Rap" videos.
That is why they buy semi-auto, and extended clips; just shoot in the general direction and keep pulling the trigger you might hit what you try for if not oh well you scared him/her.
Hmmm, wonder what race the shooter was...
Why does it matter? That gun could have been held by a white, or black, or Mexican, or Asian - who cares what race it was. It all comes down to a human being (sort of) was shooting at another, and missed - 3 or more times!! Race is NOT an issue. Grow up.
Come on, skyler1206. Read my posts 5.1 and 5.3. When you're done, try working on being a better person.
Both of these men are cowards. Just plain cowards. No gang colors can cover up that they are both too scared to own up to living life without killing. They are both too scared to act like adults, so they take their argument to a place where they hurt others. I hope the victims of this horrendous crime recover. but the mental pain for them will remain.
The bigger the gun, the smaller the man. Cowards.
I can see that gun controle laws do not work in D.C.
Big Jim - gun control laws don't work in Chicago either.
It figures. Why is it that idiots with guns do not know how to aim? I hear things like this almost every single day on the news about the south side of Chicago. Gang members shooting at God knows who, but they ALWAYS miss and end up hitting kids and other innocent bystanders.
Lammer.... you actually answered your question WITH your question. That one word says it all: IDIOTS
They're gangbangers that believe a gun makes them a big man in "da hood". And if it's one of those chromed or gold colored "gangsta guns" they're that much better, they'll match the gold grill teeth.
Unfortunately, like so many other "incidents" in these places, no-one will have seen anything, and life will go on and more innocent people will be slaughtered because the residents would prefer that than help "the man".
There is another aspect that doesn't have to do with this story but you brought it up.An armed citizenry can never lose control of their government[haha] nor can it be taken over by an invading force.At least not without a hell of a lot of casualties. See phyrric victory
Eat at home or wherever you live. Parents, grandparents and guardians, use foodstamps and whatever resources you have, wisely.