Three people — including two elementary school kids on their way home from school — were shot after a gunman unleashed an attack on a Washington DC bus Wednesday.
The shooter was aiming for one more rider, Chief of Police Robert Contee said at a press conference following the 4 p.m. assault.
As a substitute, a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old were shot, and an adult man was shot twice.
“An idiot with a gun shot it indiscriminately and shot two children,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said.
“Know what you’re doing whenever you’re six years old? You’re coloring in coloring books, you’re playing dress up along with your siblings, you’re going to birthday parties. It’s what you do whenever you’re six years old. You shouldn’t be fighting on your life or recovering from a gunshot due to an idiot with a gun who doesn’t care about his own life. Who doesn’t care about theirs.”
Contee said seven people rushed onto the complete Metro bus at a stop within the Brightwood neighborhood and commenced assaulting certainly one of the passengers.
The fight then spilled onto the sidewalk. One in every of the assaulters pulled out a gun and commenced firing.
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The kids, who were accompanied by adults, had just exited the bus after they were shot, Contee said. They ran back into the automotive and the bus driver drove the passengers to safety.
The group of assaulters sprinted from the scene, police said. Their intended goal also left, but was found not removed from the bus.
The three victims were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police are still in search of the group and the shooter, who’s described as a Hispanic male in his 20s wearing dark pants and a dark jacket.
