Shooting in Georgetown!!!

[Anonymous]

What the actual!!!??? Someone just walked up at shot this guy in the head on M Street at 6pm!!

[Anonymous]

Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

Are you a city leader?? I sure hope so. Because this tells me all I need to know - that you live in a sheltered, privileged bubble and don’t actually care about this city or the people in it outside of your precious “safe” (aka white) neighborhoods. But keep telling yourself you’re working to reduce gun violence by getting worked up over shootings in *gasp* Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Any details on this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

Are you a city leader?? I sure hope so. Because this tells me all I need to know - that you live in a sheltered, privileged bubble and don’t actually care about this city or the people in it outside of your precious “safe” (aka white) neighborhoods. But keep telling yourself you’re working to reduce gun violence by getting worked up over shootings in *gasp* Georgetown.

This crap is so played out and simplistic and disingenuous. It’s also exactly why crime will only increase across the coty and eventually will have severe consequences for the economic health of DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

DP but this is BS. It's actually not a concerning shift when it happens in Georgetown. You have not always cared about those kids because you're not posting !!! threads about shootings in NE, SE, or even NW EOTP. There have been "prime time" shootings outside the Columbia Heights Metro station probably 6 times in January, and your !!! were nowhere to be seen. Agree with the PP who says this is good if it leads to actual leadership on gun violence, but I don't think this shooting is any worse or even more notable than any other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

DP but this is BS. It's actually not a concerning shift when it happens in Georgetown. You have not always cared about those kids because you're not posting !!! threads about shootings in NE, SE, or even NW EOTP. There have been "prime time" shootings outside the Columbia Heights Metro station probably 6 times in January, and your !!! were nowhere to be seen. Agree with the PP who says this is good if it leads to actual leadership on gun violence, but I don't think this shooting is any worse or even more notable than any other.

Wow, you get points for caring by posting on DCUM? Interesting.

[jsteele]

According to the police chief, it was a targeted shooting following a possible altercation:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

DP but this is BS. It's actually not a concerning shift when it happens in Georgetown. You have not always cared about those kids because you're not posting !!! threads about shootings in NE, SE, or even NW EOTP. There have been "prime time" shootings outside the Columbia Heights Metro station probably 6 times in January, and your !!! were nowhere to be seen. Agree with the PP who says this is good if it leads to actual leadership on gun violence, but I don't think this shooting is any worse or even more notable than any other.

Wow, you get points for caring by posting on DCUM? Interesting.

You cared about *this* one enough to start a thread, so I guess so!

[Anonymous]

Stop fighting, nitwits. What are you doing, in practice, to ban and confiscate guns, and address the cause of violence? Is it gangs? Drugs? What needs to be done?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

Are you a city leader?? I sure hope so. Because this tells me all I need to know - that you live in a sheltered, privileged bubble and don’t actually care about this city or the people in it outside of your precious “safe” (aka white) neighborhoods. But keep telling yourself you’re working to reduce gun violence by getting worked up over shootings in *gasp* Georgetown.

This crap is so played out and simplistic and disingenuous. It’s also exactly why crime will only increase across the coty and eventually will have severe consequences for the economic health of DC.

Is the gun violence getting a little too close to your upper northwest neighborhood?

The only problem I see with this is the city will commit even more police resources to Georgetown and upper NW. If they took a few of the cops who sit on MacArthur Blvd all damn day hoping to catch some mom in her expensive SUV going 35 mph and move them to the neighborhoods that desperately need them, gun violence would go down. But instead this city is beholden to keeping wealthy white neighborhoods safe, while letting black youth grow up in war zones. I’m sure they find that crap played out and simplistic, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

DP but this is BS. It's actually not a concerning shift when it happens in Georgetown. You have not always cared about those kids because you're not posting !!! threads about shootings in NE, SE, or even NW EOTP. There have been "prime time" shootings outside the Columbia Heights Metro station probably 6 times in January, and your !!! were nowhere to be seen. Agree with the PP who says this is good if it leads to actual leadership on gun violence, but I don't think this shooting is any worse or even more notable than any other.

Wow, you get points for caring by posting on DCUM? Interesting.

You cared about *this* one enough to start a thread, so I guess so!

I’m not OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

Are you a city leader?? I sure hope so. Because this tells me all I need to know - that you live in a sheltered, privileged bubble and don’t actually care about this city or the people in it outside of your precious “safe” (aka white) neighborhoods. But keep telling yourself you’re working to reduce gun violence by getting worked up over shootings in *gasp* Georgetown.

This crap is so played out and simplistic and disingenuous. It’s also exactly why crime will only increase across the coty and eventually will have severe consequences for the economic health of DC.

Is the gun violence getting a little too close to your upper northwest neighborhood?
I’m not in upper NW. sorry this doesn’t fit your world view but when violence in broad daylight hits neighborhoods that are tourist havens and bring in tons of tax revenue, then yeah you should realize you need to act fast.
The only problem I see with this is the city will commit even more police resources to Georgetown and upper NW. If they took a few of the cops who sit on MacArthur Blvd all damn day hoping to catch some mom in her expensive SUV going 35 mph and move them to the neighborhoods that desperately need them, gun violence would go down. But instead this city is beholden to keeping wealthy white neighborhoods safe, while letting black youth grow up in war zones. I’m sure they find that crap played out and simplistic, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

So I’m not allowed to be upset when there is a shooting in my neighborhood? People do care. What would you like me to do beyond donating and voting? Do I need to personally rescue a child from southeast before I’m allowed to be concerned about this? Please do tell me your parameters!