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WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Washington, D.C., say a 15-year-old boy was shot to death and three adults, including a police officer, were wounded after a musical event lacking a permit erupted into chaos.
The shooting took place Sunday night near 14th and U Streets NW, about 2 miles north of the White House. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Contee III says the wounded police officer and the other adults were recovering at hospitals.
Contee says officials will be speaking to event organizers and considering what legal action can be taken because the event lacked a permit.
Hours later, New York City police say an early-morning shooting at a gathering in Harlem left a man dead and eight other people wounded. Police, citing preliminary information, say officers responded about 12:40 a.m. Monday to reports of a shooting on a footpath along the FDR Drive and found five people shot.
Police say four others arrived at hospitals for treatment. Police say a 21-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police didn’t immediately have details about the gathering or what may have led to the shooting. Information about possible suspects wasn’t immediately released, but Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell says: “The emboldened individuals responsible for this are exactly who our officers are battling every day to make our city safe.”
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