Two shootings blocks apart in DC within hours
Editor’s Note: The location for one of the shootings has been updated according to new information from the Metropolitan Police Department.
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Three people were injured after two separate shootings broke out just blocks apart from each other in Southeast D.C. only hours apart on Monday amid a heavy federal law enforcement presence, D.C. police said.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said that around 4:05 p.m., a call came in about a shooting that happened in the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE.
A teenage boy had walked into a local hospital after the shooting.
MPD had a lookout for two individuals — one was wearing all black clothes, a white undershirt, and white shoes; the second was wearing all black.
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The second call came in just before 5:35 p.m. for a shooting that happened in the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE.
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