Three men and a 16-year-old boy were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a convenience store on Mt. Olivet Road in Northeast D.C. on Friday, authorities say.
At least one shooter fired from a moving car in the 1100 block of Mt. Olivet Road, Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Darnel Robinson said.
D.C. police and EMS crews were called to the block after a report that several people had been shot. They found three victims, who were taken to hospitals. Two of the victims went into a nearby store. The fourth victim, the teen boy, went to a hospital separately.
A man who was working on a construction crew nearby said he heard gunfire and ducked for cover. When he looked up, he saw a dark sedan speeding away. He said he saw several people on the ground. Some got up and ran, he said.
Investigators found a large crime scene, with casings from a large-caliber gun strewn across the roadway.
Police believe they found the car used in the crime, a black, four-door sedan. D.C.’s new real-time crime center played a crucial role in quickly identifying the car, Robinson said. He would not say where in the District the car was found.
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No information on a suspect, any arrests or a possible motive was immediately released.
The scene is near New York Avenue, Gallaudet University and Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Police initially said that three people had been shot.
Anyone with potentially relevant information is asked to contact police.
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