A man was killed in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, ending the city’s 12-day no-killings streak since President Trump ordered federal agencies to assist local law enforcement to crack down on crime.
At about 12:25 a.m. on Tuesday in Southeast Washington, Metropolitan Police officers responded to reports of a shooting, according to the police department, The Hill reported.
The officers found a man âunconscious and breathing, suffering from a gunshot wound,â and he was transported to a local hospital, âwhere after all lifesaving measures failed, he was pronounced dead,â the Metropolitan Police Department said.
The White House has touted no homicides reported in the capital since Aug. 14, citing preliminary police data.
Trump took control of the MPD on Aug. 11, and only two killings had been reported since then: one that day, and another on Aug. 13.
For a 16-day period earlier this year, from Feb. 25 to March 12, D.C. had no murders reported.
This year, there have been 101 homicides reported in the city, compared to 118 over the same period last year. More crimes may be added to the database later, as the preliminary data are not final.
