Eight persons, including 12-year-old girl shot at in US shooting

In another incident of mass shooting in the United States a gunman opened fire at a southeast suburb of Washington DC on Friday night local time reported The US Sun Initial reports stated that eight persons including a 12yearold girl were shot atDC Police Department said that a black sedan possibly a Mercedes drove through the neighbourhood and opened fire on a group of men indiscriminately WUSA reportedThe first calls about the shooting came in just after 10 pm according to Officer Hugh Carew with the Metropolitan Police DepartmentPolice initially said that seven people were shot on a residential street in the Congress Heights neighbourhood The number of victims later increased to eightSeven men were shot on Lebaum Street Assistant Chief of Patrol Services South Andre Wright told WUSA9Nearby in the 2900 block of 2nd Street a 12yearold girl was shot Her injuries werent lifethreateningThe Police Department believe the two shootings to be relatedMultiple shell casings were found on the ground and cops are investigating two crime scenes A few blocks away a 12yearold girl was shot and police believe the two instances of gunfire are relatedThe condition of all of the victims wasnt immediately available but at least one person was critically woundedDC Fire and EMS took four people to the hospital and other victims were being taken to trauma centres police saidAssistant Chief Andre Wright provides an update on the multiple people shot in the 500 block of Lebaum St SE and the 2900 block of 2nd St SETo make it easier for everybody to follow the story There are going to be two scenes involved here One is the 500 block of Lebanon Street Southeast This will be the primary scene and then the secondary scene 2000 block of Second Street Southeast And the information that Im about to give is very preliminary said WrightHe further stated that the investigations are on and multiple victims are involved and detectives and patrol officers are out knocking on doors There will be a subsequent followup as the information unfoldsHe said We discovered that there were multiple adult males suffering from gunshot wounds Thankfully none of them are lifethreatening most of them selftransported when we got on the scene So there was some chaos because of the number of victims and loved ones Also while we were on this scene we also received a call on the 29 OBlock of Second Street Upon arriving on that scene we discovered that there was a twelveyearold female little girl who would also receive a gunshot wound to her lower extremities Thank God shes also stable and nonlife threateningThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever