Woman Shot on 19th Place SE in Anacostia, Police Say She's Stable

A woman was shot in Southeast D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood Saturday night, and Metropolitan Police Department officers are still searching for whoever pulled the trigger. Officers responded around 8:45 p.m. to the 1900 block of 19th Place SE, where they found the woman suffering from a gunshot wound. Medics rushed her to the hospital, and officials say her injuries are non-life-threatening.

According to DC News Now, the woman was conscious and breathing when officers arrived at the scene. District of Columbia emergency dispatch service AlertDC also logged the incident, issuing crime notification CAD # 7645 (Event # I20260393003) at 11 p.m. Saturday confirming that Seventh District officers were sent to investigate the shooting, though the notification noted that no suspect description was available at that time, according to AlertDC.

Detectives are asking anyone with information to call 202-727-9099 or send a tip by text to 50411, per the same DC News Now report. No arrests have been announced, and police have not released a motive or any description of a suspect.

A Block With a Troubled History

Saturday’s shooting is not an isolated event for this stretch of Southeast D.C. In February 2025, Seventh District officers responded to a double shooting inside a residential building on the nearby 2000 block of 19th Place SE that left one man dead and another adult male wounded, according to Washington's Other Monuments, which compiles official MPD releases and memorials for shooting victims across the city.

The block has an even longer history of gunfire. In October 2022, a shooting occurred in the 1900 block of 19th Place SE during a night when four separate shootings erupted across D.C. within a two-hour span, as reported by WUSA9. And in January 2020, 60-year-old resident Charles Robinson was fatally shot in the 2000 block of 19th Place SE, a homicide that remains unsolved and for which police had requested public assistance, per DC Witness.

Crime Trends East of the River

The 1900 block of 19th Place SE falls within MPD’s Seventh District, headquartered on Alabama Avenue SE, which oversees Police Service Areas spanning Anacostia, Barry Farm, Naylor Gardens, and Washington Highlands. Citywide, D.C. recorded a 35% drop in overall violent crime in 2024, its lowest point in more than 30 years, though gun violence has remained concentrated in Ward 8 and neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River, per the Washington Informer.

Officials credited targeted gang prosecutions, federal task forces, and expanded surveillance for that decline. In September 2025, a 30-day federal public safety operation brought FBI, DEA, and ICE personnel to patrol alongside MPD officers in Southeast D.C. neighborhoods, including Anacostia, and officials reported a 40% monthly reduction in violent crime citywide during that stretch, though community leaders also noted heightened fear and trauma during the deployment, according to WUSA9.

Potential Charges If a Suspect Is Identified

Should investigators identify and arrest a suspect, D.C. law provides for serious penalties in non-fatal shooting cases. Assault with a dangerous weapon, the felony charge typically brought in such cases, carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison and fines up to $25,000 under D.C. Code § 22-402, according to Ervin Kibria Law. Carrying a pistol without a D.C.-issued license is a separate felony punishable by up to five years in prison, with an additional mandatory minimum five-year sentence if the weapon was possessed during a crime of violence, per Koehler Law.

MPD also maintains a standing reward program offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects responsible for non-fatal shootings and other violent crimes in the District. Whether ballistic evidence or surveillance footage has been recovered from Saturday’s scene, and whether any connection exists to prior shootings on the block, remain open questions that detectives have not yet addressed publicly.

Hoodline has tracked repeated Anacostia shootings in recent months, including two separate non-fatal shootings involving male victims in July and a fatal shooting on Pitts Place in April. Anyone with information about Saturday’s shooting is urged to contact MPD detectives.