New Delhi: A minor was feared killed in the Washington DC shooting on Monday (June 20, 2022), while three others, including a police officer, were injured. The shooting reportedly took place in the vicinity of a ‘Mochela’ event – a downtown Juneth festival.
Addressing a news conference, Washington DC Police Department Chief Robert Jay Conti confirmed that an MPD officer was injured in the shooting.
The MPD is responding to a shooting incident in the area of 14th and U Street, NW in which several people, including an MPD officer, have been shot. Media staged at 15th and U Street, NW. Chief Conti to provide the media briefing. — DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) 20 June 2022
Chief Conti and city officials provide an update about the shootings of several victims, including an MPD officer, that took place this evening in the area of 14th and U Street, NW. https://t.co/j2w5yXqvPZ
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) 20 June 2022
With the increasing incidence of gun violence in the United States, President Joe Biden recently said that in order to protect children and families, the US needs to ban assault weapons or raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21. need to.
“We need to ban assault weapons. … If we can’t, we should raise the age to buy them from 18 to 21. Ban high-capacity magazines. Strengthen background checks . Enforce the Safe Storage Act and the Red Flag Act. Revoke the gun manufacturers’ immunity from accountability,” he has said.
Earlier last month, there was a mass shooting at Rob Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in which several people, including 19 children, were killed. It was the deadliest attack since the 2018 Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 people.
(This is a developing story. More details are awaited)