16-Year-Old Boy Shot in Southeast DC

A 16-year-old boy was shot and wounded Friday afternoon in Southeast D.C.

The victim was shot about 3:15 p.m. in the 300 block of Anacostia Road SE. He is reported to be conscious and breathing.

More than a dozen bullets had pierced a gray car D.C. police towed away from the scene and the car's windows were shattered.

There is no word on a motive or suspect.

A short time after the shooting, a man was shot outside a charter high school about a mile away on Minnesota Avenue NE.

It is unclear at this time if the two shootings are connected.

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