This is a photo (from the archives) taken near the area (by which I mean the street) where the shooting occurred. I don't actually recall which block appears in this photo.
Around 11am this morning a white Honda Accord approached a group of youths in an alley and suspects in the car opened fire. At least 17 shell casings were recovered. All injuries were non-life threatening. Read the WTOP story. 19th and M is in the Carver Langston neighborhood (the shooting occurred immediately to the east of Trinidad, and to the south of the National Arboretum).
Here is information about a community meeting tomorrow night called in response to this shooting:
ATTENTION ALL NEIGHBORS!
TODAY SHOTS WERE FIRED ON THE CORNER OF 19TH & M STREETS, NE, WOUNDING FOUR PEOPLE. THE SHOOTER(S) DEMONSTRATED FLAGRANT DISREGARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PROPERTY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR SAFETY.
WE CANNOT ALLOW CRIMINALS TO TAKE OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ON
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15 2006, at 7:00 p.m.
WE WILL MEET WITH CAPTAIN MELVIN SCOTT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT AND POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS THE ACTION PLAN FOR RESTORING PEACE AND SAFETY TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE MEETING LOCATION IS THE YOUTH SERVICE CENTER, 1000 Mt. OLIVET ROAD, NE COMMUNITY ROOM
CRIMINALS CANNOT GET A FOOTHOLD IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE CITIZENS HAVE A STRONGHOLD.
WE MUST STAND TOGETHER AGAINST CRIME AND CRIMINALS WHO BELIEVE THEY OWN OUR STREETS. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE BACK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY MAKING IT CLEAR WE WILL NOT BE VICTIMIZED.
PLAN TO ATTEND THIS IMPORTANT MEETING!
CALL COMMISSIONER KATHY HENDERSON AT (202) 397-2777 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
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