The search continues for an SUV connected to Wednesday’s deadly mass shooting in Northwest.
A black 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe with Virginia license plates is being sought following a shooting that left two men dead and three others wounded near O and North Capitol streets, near New York Avenue, around 12:45 p.m.
D.C. police said witnesses told investigators that a small black SUV that was traveling south on North Capitol Street made a right onto O Street and stopped.
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“At least two shooters exited the vehicle and began shooting at folks that were on the block,鈥� said Ashan Benedict, executive assistant chief for D.C. police. He said it appeared seven shots were fired in the deadly incident.
A man who said he works near the location told WTOP that minutes before first responders arrived, he heard 鈥渓oud pounding with a deep bass鈥� that almost sounded like construction equipment.
鈥淎t first I thought, 鈥業s it gunfire?,鈥� but then I鈥檓 like 鈥榃ell, it鈥檚 going on this long. This has to be construction stuff.鈥� So I let it go from there. But all of a sudden 鈥� 3, 4 minutes 鈥� I started hearing sirens.鈥�
Benedict called the site of the shooting 鈥渁n open-air drug market,鈥� adding that officers 鈥渞outinely polices this area, and makes arrests for narcotics violations.”
Another shooting around 7 p.m. happened only blocks away on the unit block of Quincy Place and North Capitol Street in Northeast. Three men were transported to a hospital in that incident.
At last word, D.C. police said it was too soon to know if both incidents are related.
