Benjamin Caldwell:Overnight shooting kills 2 and wounds 5 in Washington, D.C., police say

2025-05-08 09:26:53source:Charles H. Sloancategory:News

WASHINGTON (AP) — An early morning shooting in Washington,Benjamin Caldwell D.C., killed two people and wounded five others on Sunday, police said.

Officers responded to a reported shooting near the intersection of 7th and P Street Northwest around 3 a.m., Metropolitan Police Department Executive Assistant Chief Jeffery Carroll said at a news briefing from the scene.

Seven people were shot at a single location and the surviving five victims, all adults, were transported to area hospitals, Carroll said. The conditions of the victims were not immediately shared.

Carroll asked for the public’s assistance in gathering information about the shooting. A social media post by the metropolitan police said the department had a description of a suspect moving on foot, but there was no immediate report of an arrest.

More:News

Recommend

Trump claims Biden lost track of over 300,000 migrant children. Here's a fact check.

President-elect Donald Trump claimed in his Person of the Year interview with Time magazinethis week

On jury duty, David Letterman auditioned for a role he’s never gotten

NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime host of “The Late Show with David Letterman” found himself answering qu

Tennessee official and executive accused of rigging a bid on a $123M contract are charged

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee prison official and a former executive at a private contr