Christmas Eve at a Berry Farms toy giveaway in Southeast D.C. ended with an unexpected bang when Santa was shot in the back with a pellet gun, reports ABC7’s Kris Van Cleave.
Sadly folks I’m not kidding. Someone did in fact shoot Santa during a toy giveaway in SE DC today. We have exclusive video on @ABC7News
— Kris Van Cleave (@ABC7Kris) December 24, 2013
That Santa, Xavier Hawkins, has been giving out toys to hundreds of children for the last 7 years and didn’t want to leave the scene.
Santa wanted to continue w/toy giveaway. Police looking for person responsible for pellet gun shooting of Santa pic.twitter.com/WOLEf9E64A
— Kris Van Cleave (@ABC7Kris) December 24, 2013
“We could hear it coming out the window — muffled, boom — they didn’t get hit. I’m glad I got hit and no one else got hurt,” said Hawkins.
In the spirit of Christmas, a man dressed as The Grinch stepped in hand out gifts.
“This year, I decided to give back. My heart grew three times.”
No one has been arrested; but one Twitter user said it best:
What sorta asshole shoots Santa on Christmas Eve?
— Tahman Bradley (@tahmanbradley) December 24, 2013
See ABC7 report below:
