15-year-old boy killed, 3 injured after shooting at Juneteenth music festival in DC, police say

• A shooting took place near Moechella, an annual Juneteenth concert in Washington, DC, on Sunday.
• A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot and three adults were injured, police said.

A 15-year-old boy died and three adults, including a police officer, were injured in a shooting near a music festival in downtown Washington, DC, on Sunday night, the city's police chief said.

A shooter opened gunfire following "Moechella," an annual concert celebrating Juneteenth, which was attended by several hundred people, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III told a media briefing on Sunday night.

Contee said the concert was "unpermitted," meaning the city had not granted it a permit to go ahead. It's not clear if previous Moechella concerts, which started in 2019, were also deemed unpermitted. Insider has contacted the MPD for comment.

No suspect has been taken into custody so far. The police has not named a suspect or a motive.

The three adults that were shot, two civilians and a police officer, are in stable condition and recovering in a nearby hospital, Contee said.

The police had shut down the event after several incidents occurred earlier in the evening, including a fight between attendees, Contee said. The gathering was deemed to be "unsafe," the police chief added.

Several people had their legs or ankles "trampled" in a stampede as they tried to run away from the festival, Contee said.

A gunman then opened fire close to the first responders, near to the intersection of 14th and U streets, Contee said, adding that officers then recovered several firearms at the scene.

"Illegal firearms in the hands of people who should not have them make events like this unsafe for people who just want to enjoy the beautiful weather," Contee said, per The New York Times.