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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 07:01 AM Jul 26

Children, family run for cover in church after 140 bullets fly across NE DC neighborhood

Children, family run for cover in church after 140 bullets fly across NE DC neighborhood

Fri, July 25th 2025 at 6:31 PM

Security video from the Solid Rock Perfecting Church on Benning Road in D.C. shows a family and children fleeing into the church moments before shots rang out. (Solid Rock Perfecting Church)
Solid Rock Perfecting Church in Northeast, D.C., on July 25, 2025. (7News)

A bullet hole was spotted in the roof of the Solid Rock Perfecting Church in Northeast D.C. on July 25, 2025. Days prior, a shootout along Northeast, D.C., left one injured and damaged several vehicles and homes. (7News)

Security video from the Solid Rock Perfecting Church on Benning Road in D.C. shows a family and children fleeing into the church moments before shots rang out. (Solid Rock Perfecting Church)

WASHINGTON (7News) — Car windows and doors were blown out, a church had bullet holes in it, and homes were hit after police said more than 140 bullets went flying across a Northeast, D.C. community Wednesday night.

It happened at the Pentacle and Bates Courts apartments, and one person who was involved in the shooting was hit in the leg.

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