WASHINGTON (AP) — The crowd of people targeted in a drive-by shooting that killed four and wounded five others had just returned from the funeral of a victim of another recent shooting nearby, a witness said Wednesday.Two men and a 14-year-old boy police said was driving the minivan involved were arrested and being charged in Tuesday night’s shooting, the worst in D.C. in at least 16 years. The minivan pulled up to the crowd of people in front of an apartment building and stopped briefly. Shots were fired, then the van sped off, police said.Authorities haven’t said whether the drive-by was related to another shooting about a mile and a half away March 22.
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Witness: Crowd shot in DC had been to funeral
March 30, 2010
A woman attends a candlelight vigil for shooting victims in Washington, on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. A crowd, sprayed with bullets Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting that killed four and wounded five, had just returned from the funeral of man slain nearby and a 20-year-old is suspected in both shootings, authorities said Wednesday.
