BREAKING! 1 dead 5 injured in shooting just miles from the whitehouse!
Multiple people being taken to the hospital in Columbia Heights. @PoPville pic.twitter.com/JG9XG7Fchb
— Chris G. Collison (@chriscollison) September 20, 2019
FoxNews reports that at least one person was killed and five injured Thursday night when gunfire erupted in the Columbia Heights section of Washington, D.C., prompting a major police response and a search for the suspects.
Police said they were working to determine a motive and will interview witnesses and check security-camera footage from the location, at the 1300 block of Columbia Road NW, about two miles….
Police received a report of shots fired about 10 p.m. and found six victims who had been shot in the courtyard area of an apartment complex according to WRC-TV The five injured people were taken to hospitals in various conditions, including at least one in critical condition, police said.
Police are interviewing people in the neighborhood and looking for surveillance video and said they are looking into the possibility it was a drive-by.
Police are looking for a light-colored Nissan sedan with two males who appeared to have assault rifles.
Parts of the neighborhood were closed to drivers and pedestrians.
About an hour later, three people were shot in the 1400 block of Rhode Island Avenue NE, police said. A man was not conscious and not breathing. A man and woman were both conscious and breathing.
This is a developing story we will update with more information as it becomes available!
