WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A 15-year-old Maryland girl was among two people killed during a violent weekend across the District, as police investigated multiple shootings and stabbings that unfolded across the city.
D.C. police said 15-year-old Journee Long, of Bowie, Md., was accidentally shot and killed Saturday inside an apartment in the Washington Highlands neighborhood of Southeast D.C.
According to investigators, another teenager described as a friend picked up a firearm inside the apartment when it discharged, striking Long.
15-year-old girl killed by friend in accidental shooting in Southeast DC, police say
Police later arrested a man who lived in the apartment and charged him with offenses related to possessing an unregistered firearm. Authorities have not accused him of firing the weapon.
The case has renewed concerns from violence prevention advocates about children and teenagers gaining access to unsecured guns…