The Sunday night time capturing that killed two males on Capitol Hill started when a number of individuals in a automobile opened fireplace at an SUV, spraying bullets over an almost half-mile stretch of highway and right into a generally bustling intersection, authorities mentioned Monday.
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Police release new details of deadly Capitol Hill shooting
By Monday afternoon, police had not made an arrest.
Police recognized one man killed within the incident as Othaniel Gaither, a 34-year-old from Southeast, and mentioned the opposite slain man, the SUV’s driver, could be recognized after officers attain his household. Gaither’s household couldn’t be instantly reached.
Sternbeck mentioned investigators imagine the shooter or shooters might need been concentrating on at the least one individual within the SUV.
A 3rd individual within the SUV, who was injured when the driving force crashed the automobile amid gunfire however survived, is cooperating with investigators, Kentish mentioned. He mentioned it was unclear how many individuals fired pictures however that there was no proof of an alternate of gunfire between the automobiles. He mentioned police had recovered one firearm from the scene.
Homicides are up 25 p.c within the metropolis in comparison with the identical time in 2022, which was one of many deadliest years in D.C.’s current historical past.
Moreover, on Monday, a young person was shot within the leg simply after 2:15 p.m. on the 2200 block of 14th Road NW. Police mentioned they discovered him at a hospital, the place he was aware and respiration.