A Highly Gentrified DC Neighborhood Is Home To A Deadly Gang War
9:01 PM 06/17/2019 | US
Shelby Talcott | Contributor
A gang war involving drugs is plaguing Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C., despite gentrification in recent years.
There have been shootings almost every weekend in the neighborhood, according to PoPville.
The police expect the violence to continue through the summer.
A deadly gang war is in progress in one of the most gentrified neighborhoods in the nation’s capital, and police say it will likely pursue through the summer.
Many of the shootings in Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C., this year were related to drugs, which are typically run by various gangs in Columbia Heights, according to Capt. Ralph McLean of the 3rd District Police Department. He confirmed to The Daily Caller News Foundation that there is an ongoing gang-based drug war in the D.C. neighborhood.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/17/gangs-dc-columbia-heights/
