A man was grazed by a bullet during a shooting in Washington, D.C.'s NoMa neighborhood Monday evening, and police are now searching for three juvenile suspects who fled toward North Capitol Street. The shooting was reported around 5:25 p.m. at the intersection of 1st Street Northeast and Pierce Street Northeast, according to police.
Officers Find Victim at the Scene
Officers arrived at the intersection and found the injured man already on the scene, according to FOX 5 DC. The outlet reported that police are now looking for three juvenile Black males dressed in all black in connection with the shooting. Those three suspects were last seen running on Pierce Street toward North Capitol Street, per the station's report.
Authorities have not released additional details about the injured man's condition or identity, nor have they said whether the gunfire that grazed him came from the three juveniles being sought. The circumstances that led to the shooting remain unclear. Anyone with information is urged to call the Metropolitan Police Department at 202-727-9099 or send a tip by texting 50411.
How This Shooting Fits Into DC's Crime Picture
The NoMa shooting arrives amid a mixed picture for gun violence citywide. Washington, D.C.'s reported gun assault rate rose 13% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, according to the Council on Criminal Justice. Aggravated assault climbed even more sharply, up 45% over the same stretch, the organization found, while six of the eight offenses it tracked actually declined during that period.
Despite this year's uptick, the city's gun assault rate remains well below levels seen in recent years. The council's mid-year analysis, which examined 13 offenses across D.C. and 35 other American cities using data through June 2026, found the rate was 14% lower than in the first half of 2019 and 42% lower than the same period in 2023, when it stood at 40.4 incidents per 100,000 residents.
Other Shootings Near NoMa
Monday's incident is not the only recent shooting reported in or near the NoMa area. A man was fatally shot in a luxury apartment building in Northeast Washington near NoMa in December 2025, an incident the Washington Post described as occurring even as homicides in the city appeared to be declining further. Police have also searched for a suspect in the shooting of a woman inside a NoMa-area apartment building near Union Station, according to a report from WUSA9.
Elsewhere in Northeast Washington, a teenage boy was shot inside a Fort Lincoln home over the summer, with MPD searching for two juvenile suspects, one of whom may have been armed, according to a report from WJLA. As with Monday's NoMa shooting, no arrests had been confirmed in that case as of the report.
