12 and 13, accused of beating 64-year-old man to death along DC’s Georgia Avenue
Reggie Brown died after he was assaulted in October. One girl suspected in the crime was arrested Thursday.
Two others were arrested Friday – after one was shot and wounded on Peabody Street, a source said
One of the 13-year-olds was arrested Thursday. The other 13-year-old and the 12-year-old were arrested Friday.
The arrest of the youngest girl came after she was shot and wounded in her home on Peabody Street NW earlier Friday, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told News4
One of the 13-year-olds was arrested and charged with second-degree murder on Thursday.
Early Friday, before 4 a.m., the 12-year-old was shot in her apartment in the 500 block of Peabody Street, about a half-mile from the scene of the deadly beating. The girl was hit in the leg and taken to a hospital with injuries not expected to be life-threatening.
She and the second 13-year-old girl were then charged with second-degree murder.
Police have not said if the gunfire that hit the girl early Friday was fired inside her apartment or if it flew in from outside. Video from the scene shows a shattered pane of a first-floor window.
A neighbor told News4 that after a loud bang, two young people jumped out of the broken window and ran down an alley.
Police investigating the shooting took a number of young people into custody. Numerous officers were seen using flashlights to search the ground before dawn.
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