A 19-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/multiple-people-shot-at-virginia-state-university">shooting that wounded five people</a> at Virginia State University after authorities found him hiding inside a campus dormitory closet, police said.
Camron Harris of Henrico, Virginia, was found hiding in a closet inside Seward Hall at approximately 4 p.m., more than 14 hours after the shooting erupted near university residence halls early Saturday morning, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/virginia-state-university-shooting-campus-lockdown-783d5190d7fe0818fc27a98123311dc3">according</a> to the Associated Press. Harris is not a student at Virginia State University.
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Police obtained eight felony warrants for Harris: four counts of malicious wounding and four counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was taken to the Chesterfield County Jail and is being held without bond. Authorities said additional charges may be filed, <a href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/henrico-teen-camron-harris-arrested-vsu-shooting-aug-15-2026">according</a> to WTVR.
The shooting occurred at approximately 1:28 a.m. Saturday near the university&#8217;s residence halls. Officers responding to the scene found five people suffering from gunshot wounds. One victim, a 21-year-old man who is not a VSU student, remains in critical condition. The other four victims, ranging in age from 17 to 23, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Only one — a 20-year-old who has since been released from the hospital — is a VSU student.
The university initially warned that the shooting involved &#8220;multiple suspects,&#8221; and the campus was placed on lockdown as police searched for those responsible. The lockdown was later lifted after authorities determined there was no immediate threat to the university community. Police said Sunday that they were still seeking additional people who fired weapons and were working to determine whether they had acted in self-defense or were among the aggressors, the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/virginia-state-university-shooting-investigation-b764bc5499e57be36d798002ab3544ff">reported</a>.
Chesterfield County Police are leading the investigation with assistance from other law enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Police have not announced a motive for the shooting. Virginia State University, a historically black public university located in Ettrick, Virginia, has approximately 5,700 students. The shooting occurred two days before fall classes were scheduled to begin Monday. Continuing students were returning to campus Friday as incoming students concluded orientation activities.
The university&#8217;s &#8220;New Trojans Experience&#8221; for incoming students concluded Friday and included remarks from former NFL quarterback Cam Newton. The shooting also follows several previous incidents of gun violence on or near the Virginia State campus. The university experienced multiple lockdowns related to gunfire in 2024. In 2025, one person was shot near a campus basketball court, while another man was killed in a parking lot near the university, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/08/15/five-people-shot-virginia-state-university/">according</a> to The Washington Post.
The investigation into Saturday&#8217;s shooting remains ongoing.

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Five people were wounded when at least one gunman opened fire at Virginia State University early Saturday morning, just two days before the start of the semester.
Gunfire erupted near some of the university’s dormitories in Chesterfield County around 1:30 a.m. ET, WTVR CBS 6 <a href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/virginia-state-university-shooting-prompts-lockdown-aug-15-2026">reported</a>. When police arrived, they found five people suffering from gunshot wounds. One victim was initially treated for life-threatening wounds and was later upgraded to critical condition. The other four victims appear to have suffered minor graze wounds.
In a post on social media, university officials said that the shooting involves &#8220;multiple suspects.&#8221;
&#8220;VSU Police and the Chesterfield County Police Department are actively investigating,&#8221; Virginia State University said at 5:56 a.m.
In an update at 8:22 a.m., the university said that the lockdown had been lifted, but &#8220;a significant law enforcement presence remains on campus as the investigation into this morning&#8217;s shooting continues.&#8221; It appears that no suspects have been taken into custody as of time of publication, and the university urged anyone with information on the shooting to contact law enforcement.
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Virginia State University is a historically black land-grant university in Ettrick, Virginia, just south of Richmond. It&#8217;s current on-campus <a href="https://www.vsu.edu/about/">enrollment</a> is around 5,000 students. The university&#8217;s fall semester is set to begin on Monday.
This is a developing story. Stay with The Daily Wire for updates.

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The suspect accused of shooting a Dallas Independent School District (ISD) police officer with the officer&#8217;s own gun is an illegal immigrant who crossed the border just four years ago, The Daily Wire has learned.
Jose Santiago Pantoja Morales allegedly grabbed Officer Justin Jones&#8217; gun during a struggle last week and shot the 39-year-old officer in the leg before fleeing. Morales was later arrested and charged with aggravated assault of a public servant, while Jones is expected to survive his injuries.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Wire that Morales is in the country illegally and said the Mexican national told authorities that he last entered the United States by crossing the border near Eagle Pass, Texas, four years ago.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) learned of Morales&#8217; arrest and lodged a detainer with local authorities on Friday, requesting that he be transferred to federal immigration custody following his release from local custody, the spokesperson said.
“The safest way to arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our streets is by lodging arrest detainers,&#8221; the DHS spokesperson told The Daily Wire. &#8220;ICE’s detainer requests are lawful and help safely transfer removable criminal aliens into federal custody.&#8221;
The shooting unfolded Thursday morning after Jones stopped to help Morales while the suspect was walking along a freeway.
Jones was flagged down around 10:39 a.m. by a man who identified himself as Morales&#8217; coworker and said Morales was walking down the freeway, according to CBS News. Jones found Morales walking on the freeway&#8217;s center median before driving him to a nearby Walmart.
Once in the store&#8217;s parking lot, Jones noticed Morales digging through his own work bag and pulling out items, CBS News reported. Jones then exited the vehicle and took one of the items from Morales before pulling him out of the back seat and trying to turn him to face the car.
The two engaged in a struggle on the ground, during which Morales allegedly grabbed Jones&#8217; gun and shot him in the leg, according to CBS News.
Morales fled the scene and was arrested roughly a mile away after allegedly trying to run from officers, according to NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Officers observed blood on his boots and shirt when they located him.
The suspect admitted to grabbing Jones&#8217; gun and shooting him &#8220;so he could get away,&#8221; the outlet reported.
Morales was charged with aggravated assault of a public servant and is being held on a $500,000 bond.
&#8220;ICE will do everything in its power to detain and remove this criminal illegal alien from the Dallas community following the completion of his criminal proceedings,&#8221; the spokesperson said. “Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, criminal illegal aliens like Morales are not welcome in the United States.”

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WASHINGTON — One year after President Donald Trump began his mission to &#8220;Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful&#8221; again, the nation&#8217;s capital is noticeably cleaner and safer.
The president declared a crime emergency on August 11 of last year and launched a federal surge soon afterward as part of his &#8220;Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force.&#8221; Trump was determined to clean up the streets and monuments of the city and to put criminals behind bars, spurred on by the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a Capitol Hill intern.
Washington is not the same place it was a year ago. As of August 2026, the city&#8217;s fountains are running again. Graffiti is cleaned off most major monuments. National Guardsmen stroll the streets and chat with tourists and families.
&#8220;This has been the largest, most aggressive law enforcement collaboration ever assembled to confront crime in a major American city,&#8221; the U.S. Marshals shared in a press release, describing how &#8220;federal, state, and local law enforcement&#8221; stood &#8220;shoulder to shoulder with the National Guard, refusing to accept violence as the status quo in Washington, D.C.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_1154759" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-trumps-d-c-crackdown-accomplished-one-year-later/trump-increases-federal-law-enforcement-presence-deploys-national-guard-in-nations-capital-14" rel="attachment wp-att-1154759"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1154759" class="wp-image-1154759 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2232835059.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2232835059.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2232835059-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2232835059-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2232835059-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>(Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)</div>
Trump&#8217;s efforts to clean up D.C. resulted in over 16,000 arrests, the U.S. Marshals shared. Thirty-five homicide suspects were apprehended, and authorities found 25 missing children and returned them to their homes. Authorities took more than 100 gang members off the streets and made more than 3,200 narcotics arrests. They also seized almost 2,000 illegal firearms.
Newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche described the Justice Department&#8217;s efforts, in collaboration with their law enforcement partners, as &#8220;extraordinary.&#8221;
&#8220;More than 16,000 arrests, thousands of illegal drugs and firearms taken off the streets, and dangerous violent offenders brought to justice mean safer neighborhoods and lives protected,&#8221; he said in a statement. &#8220;We will not relent until every community in Washington, D.C., is safe.&#8221;
In September 2025, the task force tracked down two suspects in Tarpinian-Jachym&#8217;s killing, 17-year-old Jailen Lucas and 17-year-old Kelvin Thomas, as well as a third suspect, 18-year-old Naqwan Lucas, who was apprehended in October 2025. Lucas was also charged with the murder of 17-year-old Zoey Kelley.
The task force additionally arrested 19-year-old Laurence Cotton-Powell and 18-year-old Anthony Taylor for violently attacking and beating a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer.
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And in January, the task force captured three confirmed MS-13 gang members who were wanted on first-degree murder warrants for shooting a 14-year-old boy in Prince George&#8217;s County, Maryland.
&#8220;This operation shows the relentless dedication we have to investigate and apprehend the most violent, dangerous fugitives,&#8221; Gadyaces S. Serralta, director of the U.S. Marshals Service, shared in a statement. &#8220;When law enforcement works together, the impact is exponential. The D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force is proof of that the whole-of-government approach works.”
Two National Guardsmen were ambushed while they were serving under the task force. On November 26, 2025, a shooter targeted Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe of the West Virginia Air National Guard and Army National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom. Beckstrom was killed by the gunman, while Wolfe continues to recover from his wounds.
&#8220;Sgt. Sarah Beckstrom gave the last full measure of devotion, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe endured a profound sacrifice in service to others,&#8221; said Brigadier General Leland D. Blanchard II, Commanding General (Interim) of the District of Columbia National Guard. &#8220;Their courage will forever be part of this mission’s legacy. We honor them by carrying the work forward -united in purpose, steadfast in service, and committed to protect the people of Washington, D.C.&#8221;

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A Dallas Independent School District (ISD) police officer was critically wounded Thursday after authorities say a man he had just rescued from a dangerous situation on a Dallas-area freeway shot him.
The shooting happened around 11 a.m. local time in the parking lot of a Walmart and Sam&#8217;s Club in Northwest Dallas. 
<a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/off-duty-dallas-isd-officer-shot">According</a> to Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux, Dallas ISD Officer Justin Jones had been flagged down by a person experiencing an apparent mental health crisis on the LBJ Freeway. Jones helped remove the individual from the highway and drove him to the nearby shopping center parking lot.
&#8220;After he got to this parking lot, he was trying to talk to the person who is now a suspect,&#8221; Comeaux said. &#8220;He was getting out of the car and then we had a shooting that occurred. The officer was shot.&#8221;
Authorities said Jones suffered a gunshot wound to the lower torso or upper leg. Dallas ISD Police Chief Albert Martinez said Jones was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.
Martinez said Jones, 39, has served with the Dallas ISD Police Department for 16 years and is assigned to W.T. White High School. 
&#8220;He was helping somebody in crisis, as we expect the officers to serve in the community,&#8221; Martinez said. &#8220;We&#8217;re grateful to all the help that we have received. He&#8217;s in our prayers. We thank Parkland, the amazing surgeons there at the trauma center that do what they do.&#8221;
Martinez also praised another Dallas ISD officer who responded to the scene and applied a tourniquet before paramedics arrived, helping stabilize Jones. Officials said Jones is expected to survive.
A suspect was taken into custody at the scene, though authorities have not yet released the person&#8217;s identity or announced any charges. Police have also not disclosed what led the suspect to open fire after Jones transported him from the freeway.
Investigators cordoned off the shopping center parking lot as officers searched the surrounding area. Images showed numerous police vehicles, crime scene tape surrounding Jones&#8217; patrol vehicle, and evidence markers near the suspect&#8217;s vehicle.
The investigation remains ongoing.

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An enraged Ohio dad took matters into his own hands after his wife made a horrific discovery on his 11-year-old daughter’s phone: graphic footage allegedly showing a 20-year-old predator sexually assaulting the child inside their own Grove City home.
The very next day, 31-year-old Malik Chandler decided to turn the tables on the suspect, Diego Montoya Gonzalez. Posing as his young daughter on TikTok, Chandler <a href="https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/bond-set-rape-suspect-who-was-shot-by-11-year-old-victims-father/530-324c45ef-4adc-4054-8c32-a5090a66bf07">tricked</a> the alleged rapist into returning to the residence, CBS Columbus affiliate WBNS reported.
According to court documents, Chandler’s original plan was simple: dish out a severe beating, hold the perpetrator down, and wait for law enforcement to pull up. But when Montoya Gonzalez arrived at the apartment, the confrontation escalated instantly.
Chandler told investigators that as soon as he opened the door and confronted the visitor, the suspect reached into his pocket. Fearing the man was grabbing a gun and having previously seen him flaunting a firearm in TikTok videos, Chandler snatched his own handgun off the counter and fired, striking Montoya Gonzalez twice.
The wounded suspect scrambled away before collapsing in a nearby chair, where responding officers found him bleeding. He was rushed to Grant Medical Center in Columbus for treatment. Chandler, meanwhile, put his weapon back on the counter and surrendered to arriving police without further incident.
The protective father was subsequently hit with a felonious assault charge, with a judge setting his bond at $100,000.
Montoya Gonzalez soon faced his own severe reckoning in court. A grand jury indicted him on heavy charges, including rape, pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, and obstructing official business. Prosecutors <a href="https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/bond-set-rape-suspect-who-was-shot-by-11-year-old-victims-father/530-324c45ef-4adc-4054-8c32-a5090a66bf07">revealed</a> that a search of the suspect&#8217;s phone uncovered a nightmare cache of child abuse media, including a clip depicting an infant or toddler.
Appearing in Franklin County Common Pleas Court while the victim’s parents watched on, Montoya Gonzalez entered a not-guilty plea. A judge <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/dad-poses-as-daughter-11-on-tiktok-to-lure-her-alleged-rapist-to-home-to-shoot-him/">set his bail</a> at a combined $70,000. If he manages to post bond, the accused predator is subject to strict conditions: he must stay entirely clear of the victim and her family, and he is barred from using the internet for any non-work purposes.

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Authorities have identified the gunman who killed three people during Saturday&#8217;s shooting at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, and investigators are still working to determine what motivated the attack.
Twin Falls Police on Sunday identified the lone suspect as 24-year-old Chad Williams, who authorities say took his own life after opening fire at the newly-opened restaurant. Police said three people were killed and seven others were wounded in the shooting, which erupted on Saturday around 2:30 p.m. local time at the In-N-Out location that had opened just over a week ago.
Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said Sunday that two of the wounded victims have since been treated and released from the hospital, while two remain in critical condition and three others are listed in stable condition. Hicks cautioned that those figures remain preliminary as the investigation continues.
Authorities have not yet publicly identified the three people killed because family notifications are still being completed.
In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder confirmed that one of the victims was an employee. &#8220;She was taking care of our most important asset — our Customers, and her life was taken by a disgusting human who doesn&#8217;t value the lives of others or his own,&#8221; Snyder said in a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbhsx8XOGOk/?hl=en">statement</a>. She added that the shooter fired both on and off company property before ending his own life.
Police said the investigation remains active, with detectives continuing to interview what Chief Hicks described as hundreds of potential witnesses. The FBI is assisting local authorities.
Officials also praised the actions of an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hero-bystander-jumps-in-when-shooter-opens-fire-at-in-n-out-burger?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Armed+Hero+Bystander+Jumps+In+When+Shooter+Opens+Fire+At+In-N-Out+Burger">armed citizen</a>, identified as an off-duty law enforcement officer who returned fire during the attack, saying his response likely prevented additional casualties by forcing the gunman to retreat.
Witnesses described scenes of panic as customers and employees fled the restaurant. &#8220;People were running out crying and screaming. It was very scary,&#8221; Haley Dodaro <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dead-injured-shooting-twin-falls-idaho-rcna590420">told the media</a> after she and her mother encountered the chaos while approaching the restaurant&#8217;s drive-thru.
Authorities have not announced a motive for the shooting, saying the investigation into Williams&#8217; actions remains ongoing.

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A heroic bystander jumped into the fray on Saturday, shooting back when someone opened fire in the drive-thru at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho.
In video that circulated after the shooting, the gunman was walking in the drive-thru firing at cars as he approached the window. Within a few seconds, a second gun could be heard engaging the shooter, who quickly ran for cover in some nearby bushes.
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According to witness Lane Koehn, the hero bystander had identified himself as a former paramedic — and had given In-N-Out employees and other customers valuable time to escape by engaging the suspect and keeping him distracted. Koehn had been at a nearby stoplight when he saw the shooter walking toward cars in the drive-thru, and saw the second man pull out a handgun and shoot back.
Koehn, 34, told reporters that he&#8217;d seen one In-N-Out employee being dragged away from the scene, saying that he&#8217;d joined the armed citizen in waiting with the injured employee until first responders arrived.
&#8220;She was pretty bad off, but I don’t know. I hope she made it,&#8221; he told KPTV FOX 12.
&#8220;People were running out crying and screaming. It was very scary,” Haley Dodaro said in a text message to The Associated Press. She and her mother had been in the drive-thru line when people began running from the restaurant.
The In-N-Out restaurant had only opened one week earlier, on July 24, as the chain only recently expanded into Idaho.
In total, three were killed in the shooting — including one employee — and several more were injured. In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder issued a statement following the tragedy.
&#8220;We lost one of our beautiful Associates tonight. She was taking care of our most important asset — our Customers, and her life was taken by a disgusting human who doesn’t value the lives of others or his own,&#8221; Snyder posted. &#8220;My heart is broken, my chest is heavy, my eyes burn from the tears I’ve shed.&#8221;

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At least three people are dead and two are injured after a gunman opened fire at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger, and authorities say the total number of fatalities is &#8220;expected to be higher.&#8221;
A gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a Twin Falls shopping center around 2:30 p.m. local time Saturday, officials say. Social media video shows the assailant firing on vehicles and, in one instance, opening the doors of a parked car to discharge his weapon, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/twin-falls-idaho-in-n-out-shooting/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=988587224">reports</a>.
Twin Falls spokesman Joshua Palmer said that at least three were killed and two were wounded. Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks confirmed fatalities in a Saturday evening press conference, but did not specify a number. Hicks also confirmed that the gunman was killed. It is not clear if the gunman is among the three fatalities Palmer referenced.
&#8220;The suspected shooter in this incident is deceased,&#8221; Hicks said. &#8220;He was nearby on the scene there, and we are working to try to ascertain his identity and the motivations behind that.&#8221;
Palmer said that the total number of fatalities is &#8220;expected to be higher.&#8221;
“We have literally hundreds of people that were in some way, shape or form in the area of this restaurant at the time,” Hicks said, calling the shooting “an exceptionally chaotic scene.&#8221;
Police shut down nearby roads and bridges after the shooting, and urged residents to avoid the area. The FBI is reportedly on site to investigate the incident, CBS reports.
“We are heartbroken,” In-N-Out Chief Operating Officer Denny Warnick said in a statement. “Our prayers go out to our customers, our associates, and all of their families. We are working with the Twin Falls Police Department to assist in the ongoing investigation.”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes was relieved of his duties by Mayor Katie Wilson on Wednesday night following the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/family-friendly-festival-turns-into-horrific-nightmare-as-gunmen-open-fire">mass shooting</a> that took place at the Bite of Seattle food festival Sunday night.
FOX 13 Seattle first reported the news after tips from several sources. Scrutiny of the police department intensified after Barnes skipped a briefing held several hours after the shooting.
During a second press conference Monday morning, Barnes informed reporters that he&#8217;d been out of town Sunday to attend the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Conference in Dallas. On Wednesday, Barnes abruptly canceled a media session after a silent vigil for victims, reportedly meeting with the mayor instead. Wilson asked for his resignation.
The mayor’s office has not responded to The Daily Wire’s request for comment.
Although the hourslong delay in the press briefing sparked backlash against Barnes and the department, others have raised concerns about how little time Barnes has spent in the city he is supposed to be serving.
During Monday’s conference, one reporter asked Barnes why he was not in the city during the time of the shooting, citing a <a href="https://publicola.com/2025/07/09/in-first-four-months-seattles-new-police-chief-spent-most-weekends-out-of-town/">report from PubliCola</a> that Barnes spends most of his weekends out of town. In the report, Barnes&#8217; schedule shows almost every Friday afternoon blocked off — either completely blank or titled &#8220;admin block&#8221; or &#8220;travel.&#8221; Barnes was out of town 13 of 18 weekends between February and May, according to the report.
Barnes responded to the reporter, acknowledging he was &#8220;not in town&#8221; the day before the shooting. After the media session, Barnes approached the reporter to confront him.
Some in the community attempted to mobilize against Chief Barnes&#8217; removal before Wilson acted. On Wednesday, The Seattle Medium published &#8220;<a href="https://seattlemedium.com/seattle-groups-support-chief-barnes/">An Open Letter To Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson From the Black Community</a>,&#8221; a request to Mayor Wilson not to fire Barnes. In the piece, Barnes&#8217; termination is deemed the “wrong decision,” and the authors claim it would “disrupt Seattle’s progress in public safety.”
Barnes was appointed chief of police in 2024.
During the investigation into the shooting, police identified 15- and 19-year-old suspects, with authorities on the lookout for a potential third suspect in what police have called “targeted, gang-related” violence. The 19-year-old suspect is among the three dead. Authorities are still investigating the shooting.
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I had just left dinner with friends in northwest Washington, D.C., last Friday. After we said goodbye, I started walking alone through Le Droit Park toward the nearest metro station. Within minutes, the sirens started. 
Several police cars appeared almost immediately — and almost as quickly, the street was filled as black teenagers flooded in from several directions at once. Some walked, others sprinted, and teens carrying blaring speakers took over the street. Hundreds of teens packed the roadway.
I asked a few of the kids running past what was happening. They yelled obscenities at me and kept going. Soon I realized that I had found myself in the middle of a &#8220;Teen Takeover,&#8221; the social media trend that that goes viral for the wrong reason every few weeks. It&#8217;s this generation&#8217;s version of a flash mob, and this version almost always ends in violence. Just earlier this year, a &#8220;Teen Takeover&#8221; in D.C. took over the internet with footage of numerous teens trashing a Chipotle, throwing metal chairs across the restaurant. 
 I moved to the edge of one of the groups and walked with them. An 18-year-old girl named Mekala told me the event was coordinated by &#8220;DPR.&#8221; I asked what the letters stood for and she didn&#8217;t know, only that &#8220;DPR&#8221; puts these events together for teens to “come out and have fun.” She said the organizers reach the kids through Instagram.
It turns out DPR is the District of Columbia’s Department of Parks and Recreation. The teens I spoke to that night said they were there for the government-organized event.
Its <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dcdpr">Instagram</a> account identifies it as a government organization that organizes &#8220;fun programs and events.&#8221; One of those events, according to the department’s <a href="https://dpr.dc.gov/page/late-night-hype">website</a>, is called Late Night Hype. It&#8217;s a program it created in 2021 to give teens and young adults “safe, high-energy spaces to connect after hours.” The government office had planned a Late Night Hype event at the Banneker Rec Center Fields just north of Le Droit Park, according to its <a href="https://latenighthype.splashthat.com/">online schedule of events</a>.
Attendees knew what was coming. A young Muslim man in a keffiyeh named Janar joined us as we walked. I asked him what the kids usually do at these DPR events. He answered without softening it: “All these n*gg*s out here are wildin&#8217;.&#8221; He described how the teens rob each other and take each other’s shoes and clothes. Mekala said that at most of these events the teens “go overboard” and take it to “the next level.” When I asked what that looked like, Janar said, “You gonna see.”
We moved through alleys, dodging police cars and leaving spots fast because fights kept starting. Mekala said DPR calls these “late night hype” events for teens and families to hang out and have good fun. The signs, she said, are made on the spot to get “experience with graffiti.&#8221;
As both Mekala and Janar warned, fights broke out. I moved closer to one of the fights to record it. As I approached to get footage, everyone was running the other way. Seconds later, I <a href="https://x.com/leonasalinas19/status/2080857020689764366?s=20">witnessed</a> a masked teenager fire off a gunshot. I stopped for a second. The masked ones ran and the rest of the crowd continued faster with them. 
I had gotten Mekala&#8217;s phone number and was able to reconnect. 
“This is why we can’t have fun because they want to act a fool,&#8221; she told me. Mekala told me the area was under a youth curfew. No one cared. She said these kids “target other people.” Then she said something more direct. She has watched, on multiple occasions at these same events, kids shooting at each other or jumping kids. She said it was commonplace.
I asked several teenagers in ski masks why they covered their faces. One said, “I can’t say too much.” Another said, “They gonna lock us up.” 
A witness near me claimed the police had “shot people,” which almost certainly didn&#8217;t happen. What happened was pepper balls after the gunfire and after more fights started inside the running crowd. The teenagers stampeded in short bursts with no clear provocation, even with National Guard standing in view, and they kept doing it.
I asked an officer for comment. She said she could not give details but confirmed an investigation into the discharge of a weapon was open and that numerous shots had been fired. I told her I had a video of one of the shots. She told me to submit it through their information page so I could be listed as a witness. At that moment, they had no other footage of the shots. While I spoke, other officers dealt with teenagers yelling obscenities at them and stretched caution tape to protect the crime scene.
I gave authorities my statement and left. On the way out, I watched officers arrest the person I had seen fire the first shot. No further official information has been released. 
What the Department of Parks and Recreation frames under the guise of an opportunity for teenagers to gather and have fun instead fosters a place for teens to commit crimes. They all knew what was going to happen. 
This was not an isolated night. As Heather Mac Donald has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-260524">written</a> in The Daily Wire, the same trend is popping up from Chicago to Florida, and repeated outbreaks inside Washington itself. Large groups of urban teenagers, often coordinated online, take over public space and the mass violence follows with enough regularity that participants treat it as expected.
According to the teenagers who attend these events regularly, the violence happens at nearly every single one. I wonder what they would say to the children who have been murdered by others at these takeovers, whose behavior they condone. 
There are Late Night Hype events planned for the next three Fridays this summer. The Department of Parks and Recreation did not respond to a request for comment.

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