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Jefferson Perez 17-year-old high school student was shot outside his school this week, authorities said. Officers from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. they were sent to Roosevelt High School shortly before 2:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, Deputy Police Chief Morgan Kane told reporters during a news conference.
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The age of Jefferson Perez was 17 years.
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Jefferson Perez was killed outside his school
Upon arrival, officers discovered that the boy had been shot once. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Kane said. Police believe the teen was involved in an “alteration” in the parking lot while school was still in session. Kane said police officers are reviewing “limited” video footage of the incident. A gun was recovered at the scene, but authorities do not yet know how it is related to the crime.
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NBC 4 Washington identified the victim as Jefferson Perez. According to the outlet, Pérez was walking on a sidewalk near the school when the occupants of a green car shot at him. Following the incident, local schools, including MacFarland High School, were closed until the end of the school day, NBC 4 Washington reported. Perez’s death comes days after two other shootings in the DC area involved children this week.
On Sunday, 10-year-old Arianna Davis was shot while she was riding in a car with her family as they drove home from a Mother’s Day celebration. The Metropolitan Police said she was “accidentally struck in a barrage of gunfire”. Police later confirmed that she had died on Wednesday, according to ABC News.
On Monday, a 12-year-old girl was sleeping at her home in the D.C. area. when a stray bullet went through her bedroom window. She was shot in the leg and sustained non-life threatening injuries.
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“I cannot overstate how heartbreaking it is, how heartbroken I am right now, for our children with what we see happening as a police agency in the city,” Kane said at the news conference. “But what I will tell you is that it just makes us more deliberate and intentional in our determination to control what is happening with our children.”Read More……