IMG00117, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Thanks to all who sent in photos:

“Here’s a pic of the overturned car at Otis and Park Pl. The story I heard was that the shooting started at Warder and Quebec. The guy in this car, got into his car and sped off. He had been shot. The white car had been parked along Park Pl.”

And from MPD via CM Bowser:

“On Monday, June 22, 2009, at 2156 hours units from the Third District were dispatched to the 600 block of Quebec Pl., NW, for the report of a shooting. Moments later they received a second run for a traffic accident involving an overturned vehicle two blocks away at the intersection of Park Pl & Otis Pl NW. Upon the arrival of the officers they located an adult female in the 600 block of Quebec Pl NW, suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. They located a male victim at the scene of the traffic accident in the 3600 block of Park Pl., NW. The male was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds which, it was learned, he received while he was in the 600 block of Quebec Pl., NW. The DCFD responded to the scene and transported the victims to area hospitals. The male was transported to MedSTAR, where he was pronounced dead at 2350 hours.”

IMG_3468, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

I got two very similar sounding emails. First from the Lamont & Georgia Area:

“In the last 30 minutes – multiple volleys, 60+ initial shots. Major police / fire / ambulance response.”

Second from the Warder and Newton Area:

“Around 9:45pm this evening, I heard a number of what sounded to be gunshots (I have a hard time telling… there were fireworks going off in the neighborhood as well tonight). It sounded pretty intense, with some squealing tires following and tons of emergency services sirens shortly thereafter. I also heard some my neighbors’ kids outside screaming, “Someone got shot!” Perhaps you can verify and/or shed some light?”

I haven’t seen any police reports but will update as soon as I do. Did anyone else hear/see this incident?

UPDATE:

“There is now a police or news helicopter circling the area. My neighbor indicated that a black SUV right outside our building at the 3500 block of Warder has 3 bullet holes in it and that the gunfight initially began on Quebec Place, NW. Likely related is an overturned car near Georgia Ave. ”

This has just been a brutal day…

This is interesting and I think what some commenters were refering to in the post yesterday about the new restaurant coming to 11th Street, NW (next to CH Coffee). That restaurant had a trade name called Local 11. This restaurant has a trade name called “Local 14″. The description sounds very similar:

I’ll try and see if they are related.

Kate’s Newspaper, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

“Dear PoP,

Does this count as a reader-suggested Good Deal or Not?? I think it’s a great deal at that price! That’s barely the price of a new iPhone and a weekly Chipotle burrito!!

I’m kidding, of course. A friend collects old magazine/news ads and found this one at a show this weekend. It’s from 105 years ago — an Evening Star ad for sales of housing (58 units total) in the area around Harvard between 7th and 11th Streets. Probably might be of interest to some of your readers, and it would be cool to find out if this model home still stands at 726 Dearborn Street, see how it’s held up all these years.”

Very cool.

It’s funny as I was admiring the one above I said it reminded me of a Russian nesting doll and she said, no that’s on the other arm:

It was done by Tattoo Paradise at 2441 18th Street, NW.

batala, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

From an email:

“I am a part of Batala, Washington DC, which is an international all women band, that plays Afro-Brazilian / Samba-Reggae rhythms. Batala Washington has grown tremendously during the past year and we are ready to hold our first fundraiser! The fundraiser is taking place on Saturday, June 27th from 8pm-11pm at the Josephine Butler Park Center (near Meridian Hill Park, U St Metro).

This fundraiser will help Batala participate in the 2009 Brazil Day festival in NYC in September, which commemorates Brazil

DSCN0325, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Well not the door itself but this scene is from an alley way and I really like the way they beautified an otherwise dreary alley entrance.

photo, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Thanks to a reader for sending:

“Saw this cool looking house at w and 12th nw tonight. Not sure if
you’ve featured it as the house of the day, but if you haven’t yet you
definitely should!”

I’ve definitely posted this great house before. Sadly, and ridiculously, I can’t find it in the archives but it’s certainly worth sharing again!

A reader suggested some sort of car pool be set up for those who can’t take the metro to work tomorrow.

“Is anyone organizing carpools for tomorrow