15-Year-Old Dies In Shooting Outside Juneteenth Event

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The city of Washington DC reported several separate incidents of shooting on Sunday (local time).

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A police officer of the Metropolitan Police Department along with several other people were shot outside an event commemorating the Juneteenth celebrations.

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Robert J. Contee III, the MPD chief, said that a teenager died and two other persons along with the cop were injured.

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He said that police officers found more than two illegal firearms in the area. There was no exchange of gunfire.

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He said that the police officer will recover and the other two people injured are in stable condition. He added that a handgun was used in the attack.

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)said that it is monitoring the situation in a tweet.

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“MPD is responding to the area of 14th and U Street, NW, for a shooting incident in which multiple people have been shot

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Robert J. Contee III, MPD Chief, said that event was unpermitted from the very start.

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