Gunfire tore through a house party in Arlington's Arlington View neighborhood shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, leaving multiple people injured and sending officers, Virginia State Police and a police helicopter scrambling to search the area near Columbia Pike. Three people were rushed to local hospitals by ambulance, and as of the initial reports, none of the injuries were described as life-threatening.
Conflicting Counts as Story Develops
Exactly how many people were shot remains unclear, with accounts still coming together in the hours after the incident. NBC4 Washington reported that four people were shot at the party, citing Arlington County police. But according to ARLnow.com, initial reports said at least two people had been shot and several more were injured after gunfire broke out among a large group at the gathering. The station's report specifies that three people in total were transported by ambulance to area hospitals, according to a statement Arlington County police posted on social media.
The shooting happened on the 1600 block of 10th Street S., a stretch of townhomes near Washington Boulevard in the Arlington View section of the county, close to Columbia Pike. Officers were dispatched to the residential block in the middle of the night, arriving to a scene that required a wide search of the surrounding neighborhood. Per the same account, no reports of life-threatening injuries had emerged by the time of its initial coverage.
Search Effort Draws in State Police, Helicopter
Arlington County police were not working the scene alone. Virginia State Police and a police helicopter from another jurisdiction joined county officers in scouring the area surrounding the 10th Street S. townhomes, the outlet's report notes, as investigators worked to determine what happened and who was responsible. Officers remained on scene for hours afterward, interviewing witnesses and continuing their investigation into the early-morning violence.
The shooting victims were treated for gunshot wounds at local hospitals, and reported accounts indicate they included two men and two women, as reported by NBC4 Washington, though the full circumstances of the shooting — including what led to the gunfire and where exactly on the property it occurred — had not been established. Arlington County police confirmed that four people were injured after the shooting at the house party, according to NBC4 Washington, but many details remained unresolved as the investigation continued into Saturday morning. This is a developing story, and Hoodline will update this article as more information becomes available.
