Overview
- Shots rang out near Peace Baptist Church Monday during a stop-the-violence summer program, and officers found two adult men with gunshot wounds who were conscious and taken to nearby hospitals.
- Metropolitan Police closed roads around the 1800 block of 18th Street NE and secured the scene while canvassing for evidence and witness footage.
- Program participants, mostly teens, were held inside the church for about two to two-and-a-half hours while officers interviewed witnesses and searched the area.
- A 16-year-old was arrested after officers found two backpacks containing two firearms and faces multiple weapons charges, but police have not publicly tied him to the shooting.
- City officials and local residents said the attack disrupted a youth prevention effort and raised fresh safety concerns as detectives continue to search for suspects and establish a motive.