A 15-year-old teenager was nabbed by the Washington police on Wednesday for allegedly shooting over two fellow students.
As per the police reports the incident took place at 10 AM on Lee Street and the 45th Street intersection nearly about a block from IDEA Public Charter School.
The DC Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee informed the media in one of the official statements. The victims of the incident are admitted to the hospital.
A report published in The Washington Post said the school officials have put IDEA’s 350 students and additional staff on lockdown as police investigated the incident in the 4500 blocks.
In a separate statement given to the media, the DC Metropolitan Chief informed that the department has confiscated more than 2,000 illegal firearms this year, about 800 more than at this time last year.
Whereas in a separate incident, another juvenile was also shot on Wednesday inside a building in Southeast Washington, the police said.
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