Police Blotter

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - D.C. police were investigating three separate shootings in Northeast Washington Friday evening.

One of the victims was a 7-year-old girl who was shot in the arm about 4:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of E Street Northeast. Her injuries were not considered life-threatening, police said.

At 2:25 p.m., a construction worker was shot in the forehead while working in the unit block of 49th Street Northeast. The man remained in an area hospital in critical condition on life-support Friday evening, police said.

Shortly after 4 p.m., in the 1200 block of 18th Place Northeast, an adult male was shot in face and arm. He was conscious and breathing and in stable condition Friday evening.

— Scott McCabe

Freshman arrested after school fight

An 18-year-old Stonewall High School freshman was arrested Friday for a morning fight in which a fellow freshman needed to be flown to a local hospital for non-life-threatening wounds, Prince William County police said.

The ninth-graders had a fight stemming from an ongoing dispute, and the older student punched the 15-year-old and "threw him to the ground causing head injuries," according to a police report.

Keith Diego Cano Anaya, 18, of Manassas was held on a $10,000 bond for a charge of malicious wounding, police said.

— Dan Genz

Two killed in head-on crash

Two Maryland drivers were killed when their vehicles collided on Suitland Parkway near Silver Hill Road shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday, according to the U.S. Park Police.

A Toyota Prius was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of the parkway when it struck an Acura head on, according to the initial investigation.

Both drivers were taken to an area hospital and later pronounced dead. The operator of the Toyota is identified as Comus Holmes, 25, of Capitol Heights. The driver of the Acura was identified as Cornelia Adgerson, 47, of Suitland.

— Scott McCabe

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