17-year-old killed, 20 injured in Washington D.C. shooting spree

A 17-year-old was killed and 20 others were injured in an overnight shooting Saturday in Washington D. C. Among the victims was an off-duty 1st District Police officer, who Metro police chief Peter Newsham said was shot and "seriously injured."

Newsham said that judging from gunshots being fired in multiple locations simultaneously, it appeared there were at least three shooters.

Family identified the victim to CBS Washington D. C. affiliate WUSA-TV as Christopher Brown. His grandmother told WUSA-TV that he was a great person and would affectionately call him her "Poppy."

"You need to stop because you took away something that belonged to me, somebody hat I loved so much and somebody dear to me," grandmother Patrice Brown told WUSA-TV in a phone call hours after the shooting.

"I know this is not the only child or will be the l... (Read more)

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