Gentrification Not Finished Yet.

Even if its touted as the next up and coming neighborhood, Columbia Heights still has a long way to go. Its tragic to see something like this happen so close to home:

A 9-year-old boy was shot in the face and critically wounded last night as he
played with other children on a sidewalk outside an apartment building in
Northwest Washington, D.C. police said.

Investigators said a man
standing on a corner started firing a handgun down the 2600 block of 13th Street
in the Columbia Heights area about 9:50 p.m., in the direction of several
children. Police were trying to determine whether he had been shooting at
someone other than the children. About a half-dozen shell casings were found at
the scene.

It makes me question what the hell is going on in the neighborhood, that someone can just fire off their gun down a relatively busy street. One thing that I know for sure, I won't be playing out in the front yard any time soon.