A father and his young daughter were victims of gun violence in Northeast D.C., when both were shot just after 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to DC News Now. The incident happened on the 4800 block of North Capitol St. NE, an area shadowed by the somber stillness of the nearby Rock Creek Cemetery.
The Metropolitan Police Department responded to the emergency call, discovering the wounded pair with the young girl believed to be around five years old, said the police, however NBC Washington reported she is approximately four. Officials transported both father and daughter to a local hospital where they were listed in stable condition, an unsettling reminder of the fragility of life and innocence in the steady tick of the city's heartbeat.
Investigators at the scene are treating the shooting as a targeted incident, not a byproduct of randomness or happenstance, signaling a deliberate act woven into the tapestry of violence that sometimes unfurls upon the streets, as for the suspect the authorities have not yet made any arrests but they are actively searching.
The Police are asking anyone with information to come forward to help piece together the events that led to the shooting, which unfolded beneath the cloak of darkness as the city slumbered, unaware of the tragedy unfurling in its midst according to WUSA 9.
