Communities in Washington were left shaken this week when a 1-year-old boy was shot and killed while riding in a vehicle and are calling for an end to the violence.
The toddler, Carmelo Duncan, was inside a vehicle with his father and another child Wednesday night around 9:35 p.m. when multiple shots were fired from another car, police said.
Duncan was struck several times and died at a hospital.The father and other child were uninjured. The shooting is the latest in surge of violent crime during which murders reached a 15-year high throughout the nation's capital.
Duncan's killing in the Marshall Heights neighborhood marked a grim milestone for the city, which has experienced 187 homicides this year as of Friday, according to figures.
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