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Washington DC shooting leaves 15-year-old dead and 3 hurt including cop after gunfire erupts at Moechella music festival
A TEEN boy has died after a shooting erupted at an unpermitted music festival in Washington DC.
Cops said that two adults and an officer were injured after shots were fired late on Sunday.
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Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said a 15-year-old boy died at the Moechella music festival.
Contee revealed that the cop, who was injured, was shot in the leg and the three victims were stabilized in hospital.
The concert, described as an “Advocacy Festival Amplifying the Culture of Washington DC”, was celebrating Juneteenth.
Police revealed that the event did not have a license.
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Footage shared on social media showed people twerking on cars as shots were heard before crowds fled in horror.
Contee revealed that an “incident” occurred at the concert and was broken up.
He said people “started to scatter” when a second incident unfolded, the reported.
The second incident led to people being trampled on, police said.
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Officers then started to shut down the event as it appeared “unsafe”.
Witness Daniel Dyson told WWTG that the boy was screaming out for his mom.
He tried to help the teen who had been shot.
He said: "My mind is blown because, you know, I was trying to cover up this guy.
"And next thing you know, they say he's no longer here."
Cops revealed that multiple weapons were recovered at the scene.
Contee said that crowded streets and too many guns create the conditions for violence to unfold.
He said: “When things spill out into the street," he said, "... that becomes a problem."
And, he revealed that several illegal guns had been seized in DC on Sunday.
Cops haven't revealed any details about a potential suspect.
Mayor Muriel Bowser told reporters: “We have a child who was killed today at an event that did not have any proper planning for the number of people who were here.
"We need some accountability.”
Contee also stated that a conversation with the Attorney General will take place about whether the Moechella organizers will be held accountable.
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"We certainly want to make sure people are held accountable when they hold unpermitted events in our city," he said. "This is one of the reasons why."
The listed the event as a Juneteenth “peaceful demonstration” featuring music artists on U Street, a historically Black neighborhood in the city.
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