D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Tuesday that they must refocus their law enforcement efforts after a bloody Halloween night that saw a half-dozen shootings capped a deadly month in the city. Five teenagers were among the six people who were shot across the city Monday night — including a 17-year-old boy shot in the head in the head in Georgetown. The boy was clinging to life Tuesday night. The five other victims were expected to recover.

“It’s especially disturbing that these crimes involve teenagers,” Gray said.