A carjacking victim was shot and killed Tuesday night in Northeast Washington, a D.C. police official said.
Washington, D.C
Man killed in D.C. carjacking, police say
He was thought by police to be the victim of a carjacking, according to the watch commander in the city’s Fifth Police District.
The official said the assailant apparently drove away in the victim’s car.
The site of the killing was just southeast of the NoMa Gallaudet station on Metro’s Red Line and near new apartment houses.
Carjackings have become a symbol of the crime problem in the District in recent months. Few, however, have led to the death of the victim.
In the second incident, a man was shot in the 900 block of K Street NW and found unconscious about 5:45 p.m. in the in the 900 block of New York Avenue NW, according to the police.
The addresses are about a half-block apart, in the downtown area, just west of Mount Vernon Square.
The man was taken to a hospital, but information about his condition could not be learned immediately.