Cyclist stabbed commuting home yesterday

[brendan]

http://www.hillnow.com/2015/01/14/cyclist-stabbed-by-stranger-off-barracks-row/

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(Updated at 10 a.m.) A man riding his bike on the 700 block of 7th Street SE was stabbed by a boy yesterday afternoon.

Police said the man was biking about 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, a block west of Rose’s Luxury and the Barracks Row commercial strip. A juvenile he did not know approached him, stabbed him in the chest and then fled north on 8th Street SE — toward the Eastern Market Metro station — with a group of youth, police said.

The boy did not try to steal anything from the victim during the unprovoked attack, First District Commander Jeff Brown said.
The victim received non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.

Brown described the suspect as a black male who was wearing a red jacket and black pants at the time of the crime. The First District Detectives Unit is investigating.

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[rcannon100]

“Cyclist was not wearing a helmet”

[Terpfan]

Brazen youth. One of these days those nearby marines are going to be right near them when it happens and they’re not going to like the results.

[Mikey]

@Terpfan 105785 wrote:

Brazen youth. One of these days those nearby marines are going to be right near them when it happens and they’re not going to like the results.

What and hit them with a sousaphone?

[Terpfan]

@Mikey 105786 wrote:

What and hit them with a sousaphone?

Resourceful thinking there… but no, I meant the MPs.

[83b]

Got the little jerk. Though the juvenile justice system in DC is a travesty, so I fully expect he’ll be out and ready to re-offend in literally no time.

[DaveK]

@83(b) 107517 wrote:

Got the little jerk. Though the juvenile justice system in DC is a travesty, so I fully expect he’ll be out and ready to re-offend in literally no time.

This, exactly. Glad they found the kid but there’ll be no accountability and it’ll happen again.

[Author]

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