Outrage mounts in D.C. after man fatally shoots boy, 13, he suspected was breaking into cars
Outrage is simmering over the fatal shooting of Karon Blake, a 13-year-old Black sixth grader in Washington D.C., by a man who suspected the teen was breaking into cars in his neighborhood.
Outrage is building after a man fatally shot a 13-year-old Black middle school student whom he suspected of breaking into cars in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood.
Karon Blake of Northeast Washington was killed Saturday, Metropolitan Police said.
Police found Karon with apparent gunshot wounds as they responded to a report of a shooting just before 4 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Quincy Street NE. Karon was taken to a hospital and died after lifesaving attempts, officials said.
Detectives determined that a man in a nearby residence said he had “heard noises and observed someone that appeared to be tampering with vehicles.”
The man went outside with a registered firearm to investigate and had an “interaction” with Karon.
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