{"id":2549050,"date":"2026-01-23T08:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-shot-in-dc-after-argument-on-bus\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T13:47:34","slug":"five-shot-in-dc-after-argument-on-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-shot-in-dc-after-argument-on-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200b\u200bFive shot in DC after argument on bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffive-shot-in-dc-after-argument-on-bus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2549050&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Five people &#8211; two children and three adults &#8211; were treated for non<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-life-threatening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-covid-deaths-are-greatly-exaggerated-he-must-be-talking-about-all-of-the-poisonings-and-shootings-they-threw-on-the-list\/\" title=\"Trump Says COVID Deaths Are Greatly Exaggerated \u2013 He Must Be Talking About All of the Poisonings and Shootings They Threw on the List\">gunshot wounds<\/a><\/a> after an argument on a Washington, D.C., bus escalated into a shooting Thursday evening. According to Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll, teh group was removed from the bus, continued fighting on the sidewalk near Military Road and 16th Street NW, and a man then pulled a gun and fired several rounds. No arrests have been made and investigators have not released a description of the shooter, who remains at large. Carroll criticized the prevalence of illegal firearms in the community. The incident comes as the federal government has extended a deployment of roughly 2,500 National Guard members to support law enforcement in the district.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&#8203;&#8203;Five shot in DC after argument on Metro bus<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2466025\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Five people are being treated for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/crime\/\">gunshot<\/a> wounds after a fight broke out on a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, bus Thursday evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interim Chief of Police Jeffery Carroll said two kids and three adults received non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-duty-austin-police-officer-forced-to-confront-armed-suspect\/\" title=\"Off-duty Austin police officer forced to confront armed suspect\">-life-threatening injuries<\/a> during the incident in Northwest Washington, D.C. They were engaged in an argument on the bus when a driver kicked them off, and the situation escalated into a gun fight, he said during a news conference. 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We don&rsquo;t pull out gunfire, and that&rsquo;s the issue we have &mdash; too many illegal firearms here in the community,&rdquo; Carroll said.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes as the Trump administration has sought to target the district&rsquo;s crime, which reached record highs in recent years. As part of the mission to support law enforcement, the White House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/01\/16\/trump-national-guard-dc\/\">has reportedly <\/a>extended the deployment of about 2,500 National Guard members in the district through the end of this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The crime on Thursday evening started on the bus, but escalated when it stopped and the passengers disembarked onto the sidewalk. As they fought on the sidewalk, a man pulled out a gun and fired several rounds, hitting five people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4429632\/trump-administration-takes-credit-for-largest-ever-drop-murder-rate\/\"><strong>TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TAKES CREDIT FOR LARGEST EVER DROP IN MURDER RATE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No one had been arrested as of Thursday evening. Investigators have not released a description of the shooter. The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to Washington police for further details.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred near Military Road and 16th Street, NW, a typically safe area near Rock Creek Park.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five wounded in DC bus shooting after argument<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2549051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26014781292549.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[63531,4300,33224],"class_list":["post-2549050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bus-2","tag-shooting","tag-washington-dc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26014781292549.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549050"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549055,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549050\/revisions\/2549055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}