Tragedy strikes as children caught in deadly DC shooting

Two young lives lost in broad daylight shooting on DC street

Washington, DC — A daytime shooting in Northeast Washington claimed the lives of two juveniles, including a 12-year-old boy, after gunfire erupted along Kenilworth Avenue.

Officers responded around 3:27 p.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of Kenilworth Avenue, Northeast, where they found two juvenile males suffering from gunshot wounds.

One victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The second, identified as 12-year-old Mhilo Young, was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries but later died.