15-year-old boy killed and a police officer among three other people injured when someone opened fire in a crowd after an unpermitted music gathering in Washington, D.C., authorities say.
A 15-year-old boy was killed and a police officer was among three other people who were injured when someone opened fire in a crowd after an unpermitted music gathering Sunday night in Washington, D.C., authorities said.
The attack was the work of one person, not in custody, who opened fire as police were clearly in the area, Contee said. He did not indicate that the officer was specifically targeted, noting only that it the street was crowded. Contee said the event was shut down at that point, but he also indicated that crowds remained in the area.
Moechella founder Justin Johnson, also known as Yaddiya, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. He's a noted artist, activist and go-go booster. Last year a photo book he helped curate, “The genre's most famous single,"Da Butt" by E.U. , was featured in Spike Lee's second film,"School Daze," in 1988.
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