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CRIME CAPITAL Two dead and nine hurt with no arrests made after 12 hours of gun violence in Washington DC
So far, no arrests have been made in the six separate shootings, WUSA reported.
Three people were injured in the first shooting on Friday morning in Southeast DC.
Officers arrived at the scene around 11.45am, where two men were being transported to local hospitals for treatment.
A third victim, a woman, was able to walk to the hospital to receive treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.
Later that day, at 3.07pm, officers were called to a separate shooting.
This time a man was fatally shot on Wheeler Road SE and a homicide investigation is underway.
About an hour later at 4.15pm, another man was shot, however, officers said he was conscious and breathing at the scene.
A double shooting occurred just before 9pm on Alabama Avenue SE, said police.
A man and a woman were shot. The woman was conscious and breathing and the man was unconscious before later being pronounced dead.
Another double shooting happened at around 9.13pm, this time with two men as the victims.
One of the men was semi-conscious while the other was awake and breathing.
Officers are investigating the shooting as an assault with intent to kill.
Two minutes later, officers responded to the scene of a third double shooting. Both men were found awake and breathing.
None of the victim’s identities have been released and, according to police, no arrests have been made in the shootings.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/5897064/washington-dc-shooting-spree-two-dead-news/
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 31 2022
Starburst Galaxy M94 from Hubble
Why does this galaxy have a ring of bright blue stars?
Beautiful island universe Messier 94 lies a mere 15 million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici).
A popular target for Earth-based astronomers, the face-on spiral galaxy is about 30,000 light-years across, with spiral arms sweeping through the outskirts of its broad disk.
But this Hubble Space Telescope field of view spans about 7,000 light-years across M94's central region.
The featured close-up highlights the galaxy's compact, bright nucleus, prominent inner dust lanes, and the remarkable bluish ring of young massive stars.
The ring stars are all likely less than 10 million years old, indicating that M94 is a starburst galaxy that is experiencing an epoch of rapid star formation from inspiraling gas.
The circular ripple of blue stars is likely a wave propagating outward, having been triggered by the gravity and rotation of a oval matter distributions.
Because M94 is relatively nearby, astronomers can better explore details of its starburst ring.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html