D.C. police have arrested two juveniles in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old who authorities said was attacked on his way to work in September.
Antonio Cunningham, 17, was fatally shot Sept. 11 in Northeast D.C. by robbers who wanted his sneakers, police say. in September outside a sandwich shop in Northeast Washington’s Brentwood neighborhood was shot in the head during a day-long armed-robbery spree involving juveniles, according to D.C. police and court documents.
Police said at least two of the victims were students. One was a teenager robbed of his sneakers while walking to morning classes at Roosevelt High School in the Petworth neighborhood. The other was 17-year-old Antonio Cunningham, who was fatally shot while walking to his after-school job at the Jersey Mike’s sub shop on the ground floor of the Rhode Island Row apartment complex in Brentwood.The teens who were arrested, Marlan Smith Jr.
Cunningham was a junior at Dunbar Senior High School and had started working at Jersey Mike’s over the summer. He played basketball and boxed at a gym. Family members said he was a snappy dresser — purple jeans, Balenciaga footwear — had five younger sisters, some whom lived in Maryland, and would visit frequently. Relatives said Cunningham was contemplating college but wanted to someday open a boxing gym.
They had just left the Chipotle when, police said, they were robbed near the front entrance to Jersey Mike’s. Police said four masked people believed to be teens pulled up in a black SUV and a Kia Sportage and jumped out. The surviving victims told police that at least one of the assailants had a gun and pointed it at his face, demanding, “Give me your shoes!”
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