A D.C. police officer shot and wounded a minor who police said was breaking into a car in the early Sunday morning.
According to police, an officer was called to S Street NW, near Benjamin Banneker High School around 2:30 a.m. for a reported break-in.
The officer found the minor sitting inside a car and asked him to raise his hands. Police said the minor then showed a firearm, and the officer shot him.
Assistant Police Chief Andre Wright said the minor was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of “non-life threatening injuries.”
