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The Post offers some preliminary details on a sad story out of Northeast: at least five people were shot around 5:30 p.m. near Minnesota Avenue and Grant Street NE yesterday, and no one really seems to know why. Reports state that up to seven people could have been wounded in the scrum, which occurred after a community gathering. All the known wounded individuals were 18 or under, including two who were only 14, but none have life-threatening injuries. Police are still investigating what happened, but it appears as if 150 people gathered after a block party when arguments began between them. Guns were drawn at that point; some witnesses told the Post that up to 15 shots were heard in quick succession. Regardless of the details, it's incredibly discouraging to see such a potentially positive event just crumble into such violence.
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Where did you get that they came from a "block party?" I don't see that in the Post article. Has dcist resorted to making up the news now?
There was a large go-go event the same day at RFK Stadium called Paradise Day, but it certainly wasn't a block party.
I guess you missed this line in the WaPo story, eh?
"However, teenagers who were in the crowd said the gunfire erupted as people congregated after the community event, which some people described as a block party."
Yep, I did miss it. Thanks for the correction. "Some people"/teenagers aren't very reliable; it definitely wasn't a block party.
You'd never see this sort of behavior...in Australia.