WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two teens were shot Sunday evening in Southeast, D.C. They did not survive.
Officers from the Washington, D.C. Metro Police Department arrived at the 2700 Block of Langstone Place shortly before 9 pm to investigate a report of a shooting. At the location, police found the victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Both victims were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment and died later from their injuries.
15-year-old Demarcos Pinkney and 18-year-old Kevin Mason, both residents of Southeast, D.C., were identified as the victims.
Apartment windows in the area were shattered by the gunfire, as confirmed by the police. No other information regarding the circumstances of the shooting has been disclosed thus far.
If you have any information about the shooting, please take no action but call the police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department’s TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.