WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said six people were shot in Northeast D.C. Wednesday evening that left one dead.
The shooting happened in the 1100 block of 21st St. near Maryland Avenue around 6 p.m. MPD said one man died and two men, one woman, a 9-year-old and a 12-year-old child received non-life-threatening injuries.
Police later released images of a car they were seeking in relation to the shooting. Police said that the car was a light blue Toyota sedan with dark tints and black rims. MPD did not know the licence plate number but said that the car had no front tags.
It was last spotted driving eastbound on Maryland Avenue NE.
MPD said the car pulled up and two suspects got out and started shooting. It was not clear if the gunmen knew the victims, according to MPD.
Ward 5 ANC Commissioner Kathy Henderson said the shooting is “outrageous” and “frustrating.”
“I’m coming home form a long day just like my neighbors and everyone is starting to panic on the bus,” Henderson said. “People are still afraid and rightfully so. People come out with their families and the next thing you know there’s a shooting incident and they think that could’ve been me, maybe it is someone I know.”
Henderson said it’s “unacceptable.”
“We shouldn’t have to live like this,” she said. “We don’t have to live like this.”
Police Chief Pamela Smith said the shooting was another example of violence.
“This is another example, and I’ve been here before in this space, of violence that we just cannot accept in our communities,” she said.
MPD asked that anyone with any information immediately call 911 with event number #I20240175577.
