Shootings at two D.C. area malls and an outdoor event, as well as mass shootings nationwide, have left people on edge.
He wondered if a mass shooting was underway and it was clear others did, too. Four people would later be shot at the event, including a 15-year-old boy who was killed and a D.C. police officer who was wounded.
Danielle Kastner, 26, of Vienna, Va., had just popped into the Tysons Corner Center on Saturday, when she, like Forrest, saw a mob of people running toward her.Kastner did not know a shooting had just occurred, but she instinctively retreated into an H&M clothing store. Kastner, who patronized the mall about every other weekend, said she won’t be going back for the time being. She plans to shop at stand-alone stores, which she said feel safer than bigger gathering places like Tysons.Ahmed Mohamed, 49, who is the director of operations for Lupo Verde and other restaurants near the scene of the U Street shooting, said a recent spate of violence has hurt his bottom line.
Over the last two years, longtime anti-violence advocate Ronald Moten curated a Juneteenth celebration in Washington, but decided to suspend it this year because he feared the streets were too dangerous for a large-scale gathering. Organizers posted on Instagram they were “deeply saddened by the tragedies that occurred” and offered their condolences to the victims.
In Fairfax County, where the mall shooting occurred, homicides are slightly ahead of last year’s pace, which was the largest total in four years. In 2021,The reasons for the increase are difficult to pin down, but some blame pandemic-related stress, an increase in guns on the streets and other factors. D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III warned D.C. lawmakers of juvenile crime in testimony in February.
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