- The Washington Times - Sunday, October 25, 2026

D.C. police are looking for a 16-year-old suspect in connection with Sunday morning’s deadly shooting of a teenage boy in Northeast.

Metropolitan Police said the 15-year-old victim was initially hit by gunfire around 8:35 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of 46th Street NE.

Officers raced to the scene and found the boy unconscious and not breathing. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.

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Officials said the suspect is a 16-year-old Black male, standing about 5-foot-6 and weighing about 160 pounds.

The suspect was last seen wearing black pajama pants. Police said he still has the handgun that was used in the fatal shooting.

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