*Police officers in the Nation’s Capital shot and killed a Black teen in Southeast D.C. Wednesday afternoon as he was running away, sparking further protests and a demonstration outside of the mayor’s home.
Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham said in a press conference Wednesday afternoon, “Uniformed police officers had information that there were guys in the neighborhood with guns, specifically. That’s what they were looking for and evidently that’s what they found.”
While two suspects ran from officers, D.C. police say one of the suspects “brandished a firearm,” and in response, an officer fired once, hitting the suspect. D.C. Fire and EMS responded to the scene and sent the suspect to a local hospital for life-threatening injuries, according to police. The suspect was pronounced dead after all “life-saving efforts failed,” police added.
The person involved in the shooting has since been identified as 18-year-old Deon Kay, of Southeast D.C.
Investigators say that multiple guns were recovered at the scene. Newsham says the man who was shot was believed to have been armed at the time. The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave per MPD policy.
Hundreds of protesters quickly gathered in front of both the Metropolitan Police Department’s 7th District building and Mayor Muriel Bowser’s home Wednesday night.
Below, watch reports of the fatal shooting and the protest footage that followed:
Protest outside of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s home:
