‘Our City Is Heartbroken': 6-Year-Old Girl Killed in Southeast DC Mass Shooting


A 6-year-old girl was killed and five adults were shot Friday in what officials called a drive-by shooting in Southeast D.C. after gunfire erupted outside a liquor store and convenience store.

Officers heard shots about 11 p.m. at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X avenues SE and saw people rushing toward them, Executive Assistant Police Chief Ashan Benedict said.

The child, who officials identified as Nyiah Courtney, two women and three men were shot, police said.
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