Gunfire broke out on a Northwest D.C. block Tuesday, leaving a woman and a juvenile girl wounded in the 16th Street Heights neighborhood, according to police. Officers responded to the 5600 block of 13th Street NW, where both victims were found and taken to an area hospital for treatment. Authorities said the case remains an active investigation and have not announced any arrests.
Metropolitan Police Department officers were still on the scene Tuesday, confirming that the two victims had been shot and transported to a nearby hospital. Detectives were canvassing the surrounding blocks and looking for anyone who might have seen or recorded what happened, WUSA9 reported.
Police Ask For Tips
The Metropolitan Police Department is urging anyone with information to come forward. Tipsters can call the department's anonymous line at (202) 727-9099 or text tips to 50411. Those lines are open 24/7, and tips may be eligible for rewards.
According to MPD's Crime Solvers page, callers can remain anonymous, and investigators are particularly interested in any video or photos that might help them piece together what led up to the shooting.
Neighborhood Pattern
The incident comes amid a run of street-level shootings across the city in recent weeks, prompting renewed concern about neighborhood gunfire and public safety. As reported in coverage of back-to-back D.C. street shootings that left a teen and a man wounded, detectives have increasingly leaned on community-supplied footage and tips to move investigations forward.
Detectives say this latest case remains active and are again asking anyone with footage or information to contact police directly so investigators can follow up, as noted by WUSA9.
