Crime & Safety
2 Double Shootings Within Hour Saturday Investigated By DC Police
Two men and a man and woman have been hospitalized with serious injuries following two shootings within an hour on Saturday night.
WASHINGTON, DC — Two men were critically injured following a shooting in the 1500 block of Kenilworth Ave. NE. This was the second double shooting to occur in D.C. within an hour.
The first took place shortly after 10 p.m. in the 1500 block of Butler St. SE. A man and a woman were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds. They were both conscious and breathing when they reached the hospital.
The second double shooting occurred just before 11 p.m. in the 1500 block of Kenilworth Ave, NE.
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Police aren't saying if the shooting are related.
Police didn't give a description of the suspects in the first shooting.
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In the second shooting, police said they are looking for a Black man with a light complexion, dreadlocks, a white tank top, dark shorts and white shoes, possibly driving a white Durango with tinted windows.
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