Good morning, D.C. It was a terrible weekend for far too many people in the District. A series of shootings and stabbings left at least 11 people wounded and two dead, including a man found dead in Brightwood, a man stabbed in the Palisades, a 16-year-old boy shot in Southeast, and at least six people shot in Trinidad alone in separate incidents, including 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson. Police Chief Cathy Lanier quickly moved to reestablish a “neighborhood safety zone” and checkpoint in Trinidad on Saturday night in response to the worst of the violence — more on that later. The Post reports that no arrests have been made in any of the weekend’s shooting or stabbing cases, and that police are still looking for the gold 2002 Dodge Intrepid that was allegedly used in one and perhaps more of the incidents in Trinidad.
City Defends CFSA Interim Director: Dr. Roque Gerald was named interim director of the city’s troubled Child and Family Services Agency last week following the resignation of Sharlynn Bobo. Over the weekend it came out that Gerald, a psychologist, in 1989 had sex with a suicidal and depressed patient who later sued him for malpractice. Interim Attorney General Peter Nickles came out in defense of Gerald, calling the case a “mistake” that happened a long time ago which should not preclude his appointment to the office. Gerald was formerly the agency’s deputy director.
D.C. Jail Inmates Say Fight, Damage Was Worse Than Officials Said: In Sunday’s Post Elissa Silverman reported that prisoners at the D.C. Jail are painting a pretty different picture of the aftermath of the big fight at the corrections facility last month. It apparently got so bad that the unit where the fight occurred was unusable afterward, forcing jail facilities to move 154 inmates to another part of the jail.
Briefly Noted: Fire damages seven houses in Northwest … Lanier releases 3 teens accused of felony after families complain … Forty-eight Arlington County bus drivers went on strike this morning … Runner dies after collapsing in Rockville race.
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