Diallo Wright News Today

At the core of the District's bloodiest year this century is what local leaders have bemoaned for months: minor disputes that rapidly escalate into fatal encounters.

Washington, DC, is tracking toward its deadliest year in two decades with 16 shooting deaths in August alone - the worst rate of deaths since 2003.

D.C. police responded to a shooting near the intersection of Good Hope Road and 16th Street SE before 9 p.m. on Saturday.