D.C. police said two men were dead and three others were hospitalized following a shootout Wednesday night in Northeast.
Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said the shooting erupted around 9:50 p.m. at the intersection of 14th Street and Saratoga Avenue NE.
Responding officers found two male victims dead at the scene. A third man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
Chief Smith said two other men transported themselves to a hospital and one of them was in critical condition.
Authorities are looking for three Black males in a gray car in connection to the shooting.
The chief said the shooting stemmed from an argument between two “crews,” or neighborhood gangs.
“We’re having these crew-on-crew, senseless arguments where firearms are being introduced,” Chief Smith said.
She added that an officer was on patrol just a block away when the bullets started flying.
The quintuple shooting came a day after the District recorded its 200th homicide of the year — the earliest the city has reached that milestone since 1997. Homicides are up 37% over last year.
• Matt Delaney can be reached at mdelaney@washingtontimes.com.
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