U Street Shooting: Gang Members were at Funeral
More sad information, about today’s shooting (via TBD):
Five uniformed police officers also attended the services, Ward 1 D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham said…
Graham said gang members from Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan were exchanging words during the funeral services and the taunting escalated to violence outside.
Council member Jim Graham told Mike DeBonis that in addition to the five uniformed cops, officers in plain-clothes were at the service, too. And this still happened.
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