‘I just heard pop, pop, pop!’ | DC Police say bullets hit a 5-year-old boy in both legs

Three people, including a 5-year-old boy, were shot in a courtyard in Northwest on Tuesday night.

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WASHINGTON — A 5-year-old boy was among three people shot Tuesday evening. Police say he was playing in the courtyard of an apartment complex near the intersection of N and 5th streets in Northwest around 7 p.m.

A bullet hole remained visible in a car parked near the courtyard where the shooting happened the following evening, in what neighbors described as a chaotic and frightening scene. 

One resident, who did not want to be identified, said he was inside

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