Commanders’ Brian Robinson shooting highlights DC’s struggle with juvenile crime

Published August 29, 2022 12:00am ET



The shooting of Washington Commanders player Brian Robinson this weekend renewed scrutiny of a problem that is gripping the nation’s capital: a rise in violent juvenile crime.

Police blamed two black juveniles for the crime on Sunday evening that left Robinson, the Commanders’ running back, with non-life-threatening injuries in the course of what reports described as an attempted carjacking.

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