BREAKING: Student Gunned Down In Front Of DC High School

Washington, DC – A 17-year-old boy was gunned down in front of his high school on Wednesday afternoon in the nation’s capital.

The DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said the incident occurred just before 2:30 p.m. on May 17 in front of Theodore Roosevelt High School located on Iowa Avenue, NW, WRC reported.

Police said a green car pulled up where the teen was walking down the sidewalk and someone inside the vehicle opened fire on him.

Witnesses said the 17-year-old victim collapsed in the high school parking lot, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, WRC reported.

Paramedics performed CPR on the student before transporting him to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

TEEN SHOT: Roosevelt High School: 4301 13th St NW: Mpd is on scene of a shooting with an approximately 17 year old male shot in the abdomen in front of his girlfriend. Cpr in progress.

— Killmoenetwork inc. (@Killmoenetwork) May 17, 2023

Police said the gunshot victim died at the hospital a short time later, WRC reported.

Police said at a press conference afterwards that there was a fight in the parking lot prior to the shooting.

Officers recovered a gun in the parking lot but authorities do not yet know if that weapon was associated with the shooting of the student, WRC reported.

Police confirmed the 17 year old was a student at Roosevelt High School and had attended classes on Wednesday.

Other schools in the area were put on lockdown after the shooting until dismissal time, WRC reported.

A teenage boy is dead after a shooting outside Theodore Roosevelt High School in Northwest Washington, D.C,

Roosevelt High School, MacFarland Middle School and Dorothy I. Height Elementary School are on lockdown. Powell Elementary School is on "alert status," pic.twitter.com/S7eyQk5hAv

— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) May 17, 2023

UPDATE
DC Mayor @MurielBowser on shooting at Roosevelt High School. 17 year old boy died.@FOX5DC https://t.co/c4tCf55cFf pic.twitter.com/E05xvGUb9G

— Tisha Lewis FOX 5 DC (@TishaLewis) May 17, 2023

CRITICAL SHOOTING — victim is at Roosevelt High School, 4301 13th St NW DC on Iowa Ave side. CPR reported in progress. #PetworthDC pic.twitter.com/928nldKMEm

— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) May 17, 2023

DC Police on scene of a shooting in the parking lot next to McFarland Middle School and behind Roosevelt High School. Witnesses say paramedics were performing CPR on a teenage boy. More to come. pic.twitter.com/hvBbUa3A7Y

— Paul Wagner (@paulcwagner) May 17, 2023

A teenage boy has died, after he was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the parking lot of Theodore Roosevelt High School in Northwest D.C. on Wednesday afternoon, police said. pic.twitter.com/Oy0kNQusKO

— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) May 17, 2023

15 year old boy shot in the parking lot at Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C.

Victim is in critical condition#washingtondc #roosevelthighschool #shooting #breaking #news #breakingnews pic.twitter.com/sCZG2jEezt

— Crime With Bobby (@crimewithbobby) May 17, 2023

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