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Teen dies after double shooting in Anacostia

WASHINGTON — A teen boy from D.C. died on Thursday several hours after he was injured in a midafternoon shooting on a residential street in Anacostia.

Kevin A. Jackson II, 17, of Southeast D.C., and an unnamed man were both shot about 2:15 p.m. a block off Good Hope Road SE. The teen was found in the 1900 block of 16th Street SE and the man was found one block over on 17th Street.

Police said the teen died just before 6 p.m. at a local hospital.

The man remained in critical, but stable condition Friday, police said.

WTOP’s Letese Clark contributed to this report.

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