Multiple Shootings in Bloomingdale

D.C. Fire/EMS is reporting that four people were shot just before 5 p.m. near North Capitol and R Streets NW, one in critical condition and the rest with serious injuries, all being transported to the hospital. The incident is the second shooting to happen in the same vicinity since this morning. An unidentified individual was shot in the ankle before 10 a.m. this morning near 1st Street NW and Florida Ave. NW.


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well, guess all the hipsters who've moved to the neighborhood in the last couple years can wave this around as some kind of street cred...

Five people shot (now six) and the first thing you think of is hipster cred.

you people apparently are new to the art of sarcasm.

That's an asinine thing to say following multiple shootings. You probably live in Crystal City, too.

Mmmm....no. No he doesn't.

Lemme guess. You're new here, right? Welcome to DC, where our brand of "lead poisoning" is always 9mm!

Given the time of day, the victims were likely on their way home from work. Why is it the most productive members of society should suffer so?

A co-worker lives a few houses away. I wonder if he has recovered from his duck and cover routine?

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