One man was killed and five others, including boys age 9 and 12, were hurt Wednesday when two men shot into a crowd of Northeast D.C. neighbors enjoying a warm spring evening, authorities said.
The gunfire quickly scattered the crowd. Children who had been playing on the sidewalk and neighbors ran for their lives into nearby apartments, News4’s Jackie Bensen reported.
D.C. Chief of Police Pamela Smith said at about 6:15 p.m. the suspects drove up and shot into a crowd in the 1100 block of 21st Street NE and then took off in a light blue Toyota sedan with no front tags, dark tints and black rims.
The Toyota was “possibly occupied with two shooters inside,” authorities said.
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This occurred at the Fairway Park Apartments in the Carver-Langston neighborhood off Maryland Avenue.
“Shortly after this shooting occurred, a 12-year-old boy arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound,” Smith said.
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Ambulance crews on the scene kept locating victims.
“Five patients total," a dispatcher said.
A man was declared dead at the scene. Police identified him as Aubrey McLeod, 29, of Largo, Maryland.
Two boys, ages 9 and 12, one woman and two men were shot and taken to hospitals. They are expected to survive their injuries.
“This is another example, and I’ve been through it before in this space of violence, that we cannot, we just cannot accept in our communities,” Smith said. “My condolences go out to the families and friends who were impacted by this senseless gun violence.”
Anyone who has any information is asked to call police at 202-727-9099 or text 50411. Police offer a reward of up to $25,000 for any tips that lead to an arrest.
More information on the motive for the shooting or descriptions of suspects was not provided. Police said the new real-time D.C. crime center was used to capture photos of the wanted vehicle.
According to information gathered by the News4 I-Team, this is the fourth mass shooting in the District this year. A mass shooting is defined as four or more people shot or killed, not including the gunman.
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