I posted the other day about a shooting incident in Adams Morgan on Saturday night. Apart from very little information on a few blogs, there seems to be no reports on any mainstream media.
One person commented that he saw an undercover police officer exit a nearby restaurant as soon as the shots were heard. There was a very significant increased police presence, a number of ambulances, as well as the taping off of a crime scene. Another commenter said he saw a “college kid loaded into an ambulance with a wrap on his head.” And yet another commented that the following morning a police officer told him that someone was shot during a mugging and that the suspect was arrested.
How come none of this is on the news? It seems to me that a shooting in a residential neighborhood, with a victim no less, should be pretty newsworthy. Or could it be that Adams Morgan has really gotten that bad, that occasional gunfire is to be expected on the weekends?
It’s been two days and no news at all. Something smells bad.
I’ve been wondering the same! I was right across the street, standing outside a bar, when I heard the shots fired. Needless to say, I was quick to hail a cab home and don’t plan on any future evenings in Adams Morgan. But I would very much like to know what happened. I haven’t been able to find any information and I also wonder if it’s just expected now. That’s really too bad, if so.
I know the neighborhood well. There was brief mention of the incident in the news but not much. I think it smells bad too.
Truth is, the neighborhood there is terrible. Though the news reported that there have been no homicides there this year is not very comforting. It is only May. And there was a homicide there last fall. Hardly anything to brag about.
I was assaulted there last fall by three African Americans and barely escaped with my life. Its a terrible neighborhood. The police don’t put plain clothes cops in good neighborhoods. They news reported the cops were part of an anti robbery unit. Ha. They can’t even prevent homicides and violent assaults in crowded public places let alone prevent robberies. Even worse, the cops are not even safe themselves. The news reported that two of the cops were shot also.
Bottom line is this. Adams Morgan is not a safe place. The cops are not even safe there. I stopped going there last year after I was assaulted. It has been overrun by ghetto hoodlums and soon nobody will go there.