‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!’

A brazen shooting in a trendy part of Washington, DC, that wounded two men and sent bystanders scrambling for safety prompted an epic rant from the city’s fed-up top cop Friday.

During a visit to the scene of Thursday’s crime, Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee declared, “The justice system that we have right now, it is not functioning the way that it should,” adding, “I’m mad as hell about this.

“I’m saying to you, enough is enough,” Contee fumed during his seven-minute diatribe.

“Most of the communities I’ve talked to have no clue what happens with these cases — they don’t,” he said. “But I’m gonna tell you the truth. The real issue is we have a vicious cycle of bad actors who do things, no accountability, and they end up back in [the] community.

“But you cannot coddle violent criminals,” he said. “You cannot.

“They might not want a job. They might not. They might not need services,” he said. “What they may require is to be off of our streets because they’re making it unsafe for us. And if that’s what it requires, then that’s what it requires. And we have to own it. We have to own it. Because if not, we see more of this.”

Contee’s remarks were hailed by the NYPD’s largest union, which said he was “echoing the thoughts of cops across this country.”

“We won’t turn the tide of violence until we start holding criminals accountable again,” the Police Benevolent Association tweeted.

The incident that sparked Contee’s rage took place around 8:20 p.m. Thursday on 14th Street NW near Riggs Street NW in the bustling Logan Circle neighborhood.

It came five days after a shooting outside DC’s Nationals Park injured three people and caused panic inside the baseball stadium.

Video clips of Thursday’s shooting show an unidentified gunman in a yellow hoodie chasing someone and firing shots before hopping in the passenger seat of a waiting black sedan and being driven away.

One of the victims is believed to have been targeted by the shooter, and the second may have been an innocent bystander.

Contee said cops happened to be making two unrelated gun busts nearby and were on the scene “within five seconds.”

“It speaks to the brazenness of the criminals that are in these communities that we’re dealing with,” he said, adding, “I guarantee you, when we lock up whoever did this, they will be no stranger to us. I promise you that.”