The headline on this morning's on-line edition of the Washington Post: Like a war zone.
No, it's not another dozen shot at a Baltimore cookout. This time, it really is crime someplace else. Four dead, five wounded in front of an apartment building in Southeast DC on South Capitol Street (the crime scene picture at left was taken by The Washington Post and transmitted by AP).
From the Post story:
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That certainly reminds Baltimore residents of the day last July when 18 people were shot, and two killed, in shootings across the city, including a dozen at a backyard cookout for a family mourning the anniversary of another killing.
Here is video from WJLA-TV in Washington: