WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Officers are investigating after a teenage boy was injured in a Northwest shooting overnight, D.C. police said.
Just after 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 13, officers responded to the intersection of 14th and R streets, NW, for a reported shooting.
There, officers said they found a 14-year-old boy who had been shot. Police added that he was “conscious and breathing” and that medics took him to the hospital for treatment.
A preliminary investigation showed that the boy was shot up the street, in the 1700 block of 14th St. NW, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
As of Sunday morning, there is no word on any arrests; however, police said they were searching for three suspects in connection to the shooting, two of which were wearing black ski masks.
