A 15-year-old and an 17-year-old died and two other young people are hurt after three separate shootings in Southeast D.C. on Father’s Day.
Cousins Demarcos Pinckney, 15, and Kevin Mason, 17, were killed, police said in an update Monday. Both lived in Southeast D.C.
The two were shot at about 8:45 p.m. in the 2700 block of Langston Place SE. They were found with life-threatening injuries and taken to a hospital, where they died.
Pinckney had just completed ninth grade at Digital Pioneers Academy in Southeast last week. He was the third student from the charter school to be shot and killed this school year.
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Pinckney was part of the school’s newly formed football team. He attended an event last week with the Commanders, which had announced support to get the football program up and running.
The school's founder said in part: "Marcos [as he was known by his friends] was a devoted friend and beloved member of our school community. We will miss him dearly."
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Digital Pioneers Academy also lost a teacher earlier this year, Keenan Anderson, following a confrontation with police in California. Grief counselors will be on hand at the school Tuesday.
Police previously said Mason was 18 and corrected his age on Monday.
About an hour after the teen was shot, two victims were shot in a white vehicle in the 2200 block of Minnesota Avenue SE. At least a dozen gunshots could be heard as a white car drove by in a video captured by a nearby business.
Police found a young child, whose age was not released, and a man with gunshot injuries in the car.
The victims were taken to a hospital. The child was in critical condition but expected to survive. The man was in stable condition.
The third shooting happened in the 1900 block of Bruce Place SE at about 10:40 p.m.
Police said a bullet went through a home and hit a teen girl in the hip. She was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Multiple shooters were involved, and the gunfire caused property damage.
A motive for the shootings and suspect descriptions were not immediately provided.
Ward 8 Council Member Trayon White was angry to hear of the latest round of devastating shootings.
“If we’re not alarmed and outraged about our kids laying on the ground with the life blood of God spitting out to our streets, then there’s a problem,” he said.
He questioned how young people are getting guns.
“Anytime we have young people who don’t have $15 to their name but got a $1,500 gun on their waist and can’t read and can’t process, it’s a problem,” White said.
The shootings occurred a day after a 14-year-old was shot and killed in the 2600 block of Sheridan Road SE.
Neighbors told News4 that they were heartbroken to hear what happened.
"They shootin' all over. They really gotta do something about these guns," neighbor Antoinette Harshaw said. "It’s a shame. You know, that's somebody’s baby."
Anyone with potentially relevant information is asked to contact police.
Stay with NBC Washington for more details on this developing story.
