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Two dead and eight wounded after multiple Washington shootings over 12 hours
James Beckham, 69, and Kendall Brown, 20, both of whom hailed from Maryland, were pronounced dead, according to multiple tweets from the Metropolitan Police Department. Beckham's corpse was found in a car on Saturday evening, and no arrests have been made in connection to the incident
Hours after Beckham's body was located, one person was wounded in a shooting in the 400 block of Atlantic Street SE. Ninety minutes later, two others were found to have been struck by gunfire.
At about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, a man was transported to a local hospital after sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, while another individual was wounded an hour later. At 3:10 a.m., three other people were shot near the Maryland border
By the conclusion of the violent weekend, at least two people were stabbed in three separate reported incidents throughout the area.
As of Aug. 6, homicides have jumped 5% in Washington, D.C., while motor vehicle theft rose 24%, according to Metropolitan Police Department data. Robbery and theft from cars has risen slightly,