Police said the victim, who worked as part of a program to keep school kids safe, was not on duty at the time, but was wearing a 'Safe Passage' vest.
program to help students commute safely to and from city schools was shot and critically wounded Monday afternoon near Coolidge High School in Northwest Washington, according to police.The shooting occurred during a dispute shortly before 3 p.m., about a half-hour before students at the high school were to be dismissed, police said. It occurred amid a cluster of schools that includes Coolidge, Ida B.
Police said the victim was not on duty when he was shot, but he was wearing a “Safe Passage” vest. It couldn’t immediately be learned if the victim was assigned to the safe passage routes at Coolidge or one of the other schools in that immediate area.No arrest has been made, but police said they believe the shooter fled in a vehicle. The victim was not identified Monday night; police said he was at a hospital, and they described his wounds as life-threatening.
Safe Passage was launched in D.C. in 2017 to address concerns about youth safety, including intimidation, harassment and threats of violence that young people face on their commutes to and from school.The city issues grants to community organizations, which are then responsible for placing adults along specific routes. The program has expanded to include 52 campuses and 160 workers, who are posted outside schools and tasked with keeping an eye out for danger.
School officials said Coolidge students were dismissed about an hour later than usual. Heraud said students at all three schools were let out on a side street “as far away from the crime scene as possible.”
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