College student paralyzed, 13-year-old wounded in October shooting at Howard University’s homecoming

Five people were shot by a D C teenager during Howard University s homecoming celebration last month including a -year-old and a college participant who was paralyzed according to charging documents Three weeks after the shooting -year-old Kaevaughn Dudley of D C was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting Dudley appeared in court Saturday and is being held without bond on counts associated with the Oct shooting Related stories -year-old arrested for shooting during Howard U homecoming weekend shot near Howard University during homecoming weekend persons in custody Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gives historic donation to Howard University Among the casualties are a -year-old boy who was shot in his left forearm and a woman visiting from Morgan State University The college participant was shot in her upper right side and remains paralyzed from the chest down according to charging documents The inspection revealed Dudley was walking with a group of eight other males at least particular of which appearing to be other local high schoolers around the block of Howard Place Northwest just before p m according to charging documents All of them were wearing black clothing and several had black face masks That group encountered a smaller group made up of the -year-old boy and his friends according to a news release from U S Attorney Jeanine Pirro s office The -year-old advised investigators he recognized a high schooler with the opposing group who is not the suspect Someone from Dudley s group called over What s up with y all The -year-old s group replied Nothing and kept walking toward Georgia Avenue Northwest That s when Dudley allegedly walked a insufficient strategies away from the other group and fired several shots at them using a hand gun wounding five people The -year-old mentioned he ran when he heard gunshots and didn t see who fired a weapon D C police who were nearby because of the homecoming event responded to the scene and all five casualties were taken to local hospitals Officers discovered three handguns at the scene Two people who were initially charged in connection to the shooting were later ruled out as subjects Surveillance footage along with videos from TikTok were used to help police investigate the shooting including one video where Dudley appears to be armed with a gun Dudley has been charged as an adult with five counts each of assault with intent to murder while armed assault with intent to kill while armed aggravated assault while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence That s five counts on each charge one for each of the people who were shot A preliminary hearing in the development has been scheduled for Dec Source