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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fatal shooting of a middle-school student has sparked public uproar as the nation's capital struggles with rising tensions about

A community meeting drew more than 300 angry citizens, packing a community center adjacent to Brookland Middle School, which Karon Blake attended.

Karon Blake, a 13-year-old Washington, D.C. resident was shot and killed on Saturday morning, but residents are furious police have no arrested a suspect.

A suspect in the killing of 13-year-old Karon Blake is a Washington, D.C., government employee, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday.

D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee broke his silence Tuesday, forcefully addressing misinformation surfacing around the investigation into the shooting death of 13-year-old Karon Blake. 

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. 

Police say Blake, student at Brookland middle school, killed early on Saturday following ‘interaction’ with unnamed man

Metropolitan police Chief Robert Contee said Tuesday the "misinformation" and "assumptions" spreading about the shooting death of 13-year-old Karon Blake are damaging and unfair.

A homeowner who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy after seeing someone "tampering with vehicles" on Saturday morning is a city government employee in Washington, D.C.

Members of a Northeast D.C. community are still demanding the name of a man who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy accused of breaking into cars.