A 12-year-old girl is injured after she was struck by a stray bullet while in bed early Monday in Southeast D.C., police say.
A bullet pierced through the walls of an apartment before 4:40 a.m. The home is in the 2600 block of Naylor Road SE, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
The child was hit in the leg. She was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.
Police do not believe she was the intended target. They continue to investigate the shooting.
Chief of Police Robert Contee spoke emotionally about the shooting at a news conference Monday morning.
“A bullet from someone firing shots outside goes through the window at four o’clock this morning, of a 12-year-old sleeping in her bed, and strikes her in the leg. It is unacceptable,” he said.
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The shooting occurred hours after a 10-year-old girl was seriously hurt after she was hit by a stray bullet while riding in a car with her family in Northeast D.C. Police continue to search for the shooter.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed new safety legislation on Monday.
As of May 11, 43 juveniles had been shot in D.C. That’s nearly double the number of young people who were shot last year, and three times as many as at the same point in 2021.
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