19-Year-Old Charged In Shooting Of Teen Shoveling Snow, Including Once In The Head

HYATTSVILLE, MD — A 19-year-old man has been charged in a seven-count indictment for shooting a 15-year-old victim three times, including once in the head, on the afternoon of Jan. 19 in the Kingman Park neighborhood of Southeast D.C.

The indictment charges Christ Tchakounte with one count each of assault with intent to kill while armed, aggravated assault while armed, attempt to commit robbery while armed, three counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence and carrying a pistol without a license.

According to the prosecution's evidence, the teenage victim was out shoveling snow in the neighborhood with friends and relatives during a snow day in January 2024 when Tchakounte and an accomplice pulled up in a car, parked in a nearby alley, flanked the victim at the intersection of 16th Street and A Street Southeast, shot the victim three times and then took off after the victim collapsed in the street. After several months of being in intensive care in the hospital, the victim survived, the prosecution stated.