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Lay dying up by the metro station one of the shooters tried to get away driving down the wrong side of s street. Scary to look at him . I dont even want to look at him. I guess somebody that pointed a gun at you, i dont want to look at him. Reporter this uber driver said he will never forget the gunmans face. This guy right here has a gun to his left. Reporter he picked him out immediately from the surveillance tape released by d. C. Police. And he comes out of the sun roof . Yeah, ya. Reporter and point yeah. Reporter and points the gun right at you. The suspect was fleeing down the street as he was coming up it on the wrong side of the road did. You think he was going to pull the trigger . Sure, i did, yes. Reporter did you think those were the last moments of your life . It was very like confusing for a situation like this. Reporter the man backed away and left the suspect pass before pulling up next to a cop trying to save the life of matthew schlonski who was hit by a stray round
Illegal firearms in homes and in the hands of the wrong people and when children have access to firearms, bad things happen. Reporter while this was happening across town police were investigating another shooting. A young adult man was shot multiple times and killed early this afternoon on the 4900 block of east capitol street in south of east right in front of the st. Lukes catholic church. More than a dozen shots were fired. Police say it does not appear that this shooting had anything to do with the church. Detectives are still investigating that. They havent released a motive. Theyre investigating that. Thing as a homicide. Chief lanier says she has all hands on deck with this recent increase in violence as far as the Police Department is concerned. 100 extra officers are on the streets throughout the district every single day she says. Live in south of east im mola lenghi for be with southeast im mola lenghi for wusa9. Thank you. Was a Police Officer making meth the day an explos
Crime. Reporter a violent day in the district today. Police chief cathy lanier says she has 100 extra Police Officers on d. C. Streets every week to combat this recent surge in violence. Nearly 100 times people have felt this way in d. C. This year, distraught over the shooting death of a loved one, the latest today 21yearold a mary jenkins shot outside Amari Jenkins shot outside st. Lukes church and while police investigated this three more people were shot in an apartment at 13th and savanna streets in south east. Police say the two boys got into an argument earlier in the day. Bradley holmes is fed up with youth violence. They have no one to understand no concept what friendship is. These guys got to be taught these things. Reporter police are working overtime as these shootings underscore the violence this year that involves both suspects and innocent bystanders. This year alone there was the mother shot and killed on memorial day day and the Young Journalist caught in the crossfir