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With dangers lurking around any corner, including places where people go to party - like Adams Morgan, police said they see nightly examples of people who could fall prey to late night dangers.
Well after most people are in bed, paramedics and police race to 14th and R Street where one man is down and another is just a block away. Police believe a man came out of his home and walked right into the middle of gun fire. "That's terrible. It's really sad," said one resident." It was a Friday night in D.C.
At midnight, the music is pumping and the crowd is growing in Adams Morgan as about a dozen Metropolitan Police Department (web|news) officer keep the peace on 18th Street between Kalorama and Columbia. It's what happens ff the main drag that has police concerned. "They've got to use some common sense when they come out here."
Among the side streets and alleys that surround the District's night life there is a host of late-night dangers. While one has a good time in the clubs, police said thieves are scoping out their car for things to steal.
While patrolling, Lt. John Kutniewski spotted a man in an alley who moments earlier emerged from a row of parked cars. Then, a lady name Tracey was seen leaving a dark park, well after midnight, alone. She said, "usually, I take a taxi, just decided to walk tonight."
As the bars start shutting down around 2:30 in the morning, dangers for people rise. A father of two daughter, the lieutenant is especially concerned about woman walking alone. "Now that they bars are closed, they are highly intoxicated. When they try to get back, they are walking down streets, walking through alleys, they are disoriented and it makes them a prime target."
One glaring example is a man, seemingly intoxicated, confused and staggering through the middle of an intersection near Dupont Circle. When asked, he didn't even know where he was. In his condition, he would be easy prey in the dark of a District night.
Metropolitan Police Department said it best to walk in well-lit areas in a group and stay out of the alleys. As for the car break-ins, they said thieves are increasingly looking for GPS systems and apparently targeting cars with non-D.C. plates which make up about 70% of the break-ins.
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