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Police in D.C. have released photos of two suspects in a shooting that wounded three people, including two young children outside a Metrobus in Northwest D.C.

Police have arrested a suspect and are searching for others in connection with a triple shooting that left a 6-year-old and 9-year-old hurt in Northwest D.C.

Funeral plans are being made for Karon Blake, the 13-year-old who was shot and killed last weekend by a homeowner who claimed he was breaking into vehicles in a Northeast D.C. neighborhood.

Karon Blake was shot on Saturday in a confrontation in a residential neighbourhood of the US capital.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed Wednesday that the man who shot and killed 13-year-old Karon Blake early Saturday morning is a D.C. government employee. 

Two children and a man were shot after an altercation that started on a Metrobus in the Brightwood neighborhood of Northwest D.C. Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities.

A fight that began on the bus and moved to the street led to the shooting. The intended target was not struck.

Mayor Bowser said on Wednesday that the government employee does not work in a public safety role and has been placed on administrative leave. Pictured:13-year-old Karon Blake

Two Washington, D.C., children were shot getting off a Metrobus after a fight that started on the bus spilled out onto the street.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/dc-residents-demand-police-action-after-13-year-old-killed/"></div>WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting of a middle-school student has sparked public uproar as the nation’s capital struggles with rising tensions about violent crime and racial justice. Police said they found 13-year-old Karon Blake early Saturday morning suffering from multiple gunshot wounds after having been shot by a l...