2 boys killed in shooting in Northeast DC

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2 boys killed in shooting in Northeast DC

Ciara Wells | [e-mail]
Tadiwos Abedje | [e-mail]
April 15, 2026, 9:52 AM

Two young boys have died after they were shot near a convenience store in Northeast D.C. Tuesday afternoon, according to D.C. police. ... One boy was pronounced dead at the scene and a second boy later died at the hospital, police told WTOP Wednesday.

The shooting happened around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Circle Seven Express convenience store in the 700 block of Kenilworth Avenue, just off D.C. Route 295. ... When officers got there, they found the two boys suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Interim D.C. Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said at a news conference that the boys’ ages could possibly be 12 and 13. ... Investigators said the two boys were part of a group when two suspects approached and began shooting.

Carroll believes that this shooting appeared to be “interpersonal violence between groups of individuals.” ... “Obviously, this is a very tragic situation. Our hearts go out to the families involved in this,” Carroll said. “These young people were just out … here in the neighborhood.” ... He added that police are looking for surveillance camera footage to help figure out what happened.

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Ciara Wells
Ciara Wells is the Evening Digital Editor at WTOP. She is a graduate of American University where she studied journalism and Spanish. Before joining WTOP, she was the opinion team editor at a student publication and a content specialist at an HBCU in Detroit.
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Tadiwos Abedje
Tadi Abedje is a freelance digital writer/editor for WTOP. He was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Northern Virginia. Journalism has been his No. 1 passion since he was a kid and he is blessed to be around people, telling their stories and sharing them with the world.
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