WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A teenage boy was taken to the hospital after he was shot in Southeast D.C. on Saturday.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), shortly before 3 p.m., officers responded to the 1500 block of 18th St. for a shooting.
There, they found the boy, conscious and breathing, with gunshot wounds.
Medics took him to the hospital for treatment.
Police noted that the shooting actually took place in the 2900 block of M St. This is about a six-minute drive from where officers found the boy.
The investigation is ongoing.
