An 8-month-pregnant woman was stabbed in the stomach early Thursday in Southeast D.C., killing her unborn child, during a violent night in the District.
The woman was stabbed in the 4200 block of Ninth Street SE about 2:15 a.m. Thursday, D.C. police said. She told investigators that a man stabbed her inside her home, and she was taken to a hospital, police said.
The child, a baby boy police identified as Kuron Rashad Hunt, was delivered at the hospital and was pronounced dead, police said. The woman, whose age was not available, is expected to survive, said Officer Paul Metcalf, a D.C. police spokesman. Metcalf said he didn’t have further details on the woman’s condition.
| A bloody night |
| 9 p.m. Wednesday: Three people stabbed in the Edgewood neighborhood |
| 1 a.m. Thursday: Man shot on Benning Road |
| 2:15 a.m. Thursday: Pregnant woman stabbed in Southeast; her unborn child dies |
Metcalf said he had no information on the attacker, including whether the woman knew her assailant.
There were no apparent signs of forced entry at the home, authorities said.
Police called the cause of the infant’s death undetermined. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy on the baby and the police department’s Special Victims Unit is investigating the case.
Anyone who has information is asked to call police at 202-727-9099. Tipsters can also send a text message to 50411.
The stabbing was one of three violent overnight incidents in the District.
Three female juveniles were stabbed near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station in Northeast D.C. at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
The three got into a verbal dispute with another female juvenile who stabbed them on the 400 block of Rhode Island Avenue NE, police said. The victims were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and one girl was arrested in the incident.
The ages of the victims and assailant were not available.
In a separate Northeast incident, a man was shot not far from the Benning Road Metro station shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday, police said. A group of three approached him when he was in a car on the 4700 block of Benning Road NE, and one shot him. The victim was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.
No information on the persons of interest in the shooting was available.
