Overview
- Officers found 14-year-old Tyale Coates dead and 12-year-old Mhilo Young critically wounded outside a store on the 700 block of Kenilworth Avenue NE.
- Young died at the hospital, bringing the death toll to two in the same shooting.
- Investigators say two shooters approached a group in the parking lot and fired many rounds in a short burst.
- A witness said the assailants wore ski masks and fled in a black Tesla with Virginia plates and a silver Honda Civic with Maryland plates that had a bag over the rear driver’s window.
- Police are searching for suspects, asking the public for tips by phone or text, and offering up to $50,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.