Shooting in D.C. -- Get ready for the spin

[ericire12]

Looks to be a retaliation from gang members.

As Say Uncle so wonderfully notes:

Police say it may have been an AK47. Well, it usually is, initially.

Story here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033003800.html

Three people were killed and at least six others were wounded Tuesday night at the District's southern tip in an outbreak of gunfire that may have left the city's largest number of victims in 15 years.

Police sources said an AK-47 assault rifle may have been used. A man who said he was in the area at the time recounted the sounds he heard as "pat, pat, pat, pat, pat," followed by a loud boom.

Accounts provided by witnesses and neighbors indicated that the shooting may have been a drive-by.

At least one person interviewed Tuesday night said that some of those wounded on South Capitol Street had recently attended ceremonies honoring Howe, the Alabama Avenue victim.

[Pathfinder]

Paraphrasing Tam this AM, I was wondering if any of these folks were somehow engaged in the unlicensed pharmaceutical trade, or perhaps membership in certain neighborhood youth organizations?

[r_w]

Paraphrasing Tam this AM, I was wondering if any of these folks were somehow engaged in the unlicensed pharmaceutical trade, or perhaps membership in certain neighborhood youth organizations?

Follow that PC naming logic:  what is a community organizer?

[tombogan03884]

The Yahoo news story that I saw last night said that last year DC had 153 murders. The LOWEST rate in 50 years.

[ericire12]

The Yahoo news story that I saw last night said that last year DC had 153 murders. The LOWEST rate in 50 years.

Thats what the Wash Post story said too:

The shootings in the Washington Highlands area came after a year in which the city, once known as the nation's murder capital, logged 143 homicides, the lowest total since 1966.

The trend has continued. As of Monday afternoon, D.C. police had reported 20 homicides this year, compared with 31 in the same period last year.

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[billt]

"Police sources said an AK-47 assault rifle may have been used. A man who said he was in the area at the time recounted the sounds he heard as "pat, pat, pat, pat, pat," followed by a loud boom."

This just kills me. Who the hell are, "Police sources" these days? Leftovers from a Hanna Montana concert who lost their tickets? We're looking at 5 "pats" here, then a loud "boom". None of my AK's "pat" when they fire? What's this loud "Boom" nonsense? Did he have a +P+ round in the bottom of the mag. Journalists must be getting their credentials from cereal boxes these days. An 8th grader could have put together a better story.  Bill T.

[tt11758]

The reporterette on ABC Radio this morning was talking about how the shooter "sprayed bullets" into the crowd.  Pissed me right off.