4 shootings reported within one hour in DC; a single car connected to all of them

DC crime on the rise, four shootings within an hour

Four shootings within an hour sent police scrambling across the District Friday afternoon. One round of gunfire took place near a school. FOX 5’s Tisha Lewis reports from Southeast with community reaction to the violence.

WASHINGTON - Several shootings within an hour sent police scrambling across the District Friday afternoon.

One round of gunfire took place near Ketchum Elementary School in Southeast where police said a man was shot.

The school sent a letter to families saying they went on lockdown while there was still an active scene on 15th Street and Good Hope Road Southeast.

That victim, police said, was found conscious and breathing.

The incident on 15th Street and Good Hope Road was one of four shootings. The first happened just after 11:30 a.m.

D.C. police said a man was shot on 46th Place in Southeast, and now they are searching for a black Jeep Compass in that case.

Another shooting occurred ten minutes later on Jay Street Northeast. A man was shot there, and police are searching for two suspects in that case — their description is vague.

Shortly after noon, a third shooting took place on 15th Street and Good Hope Road in Southeast.

Another man was shot and police reported he was found conscious and breathing. Authorities are searching for four men wearing ski masks in that case.

"We just had a public safety summit that was supposed to attempt to answer some of these problems in Ward 8," said Anthony Mohammed, a Southeast resident FOX 5 spoke to Friday.

The fourth shooting in the area happened less than an hour after the first shooting.

It took place on Birney Place in Southeast and unlike the other male victims, police said this time a woman was hit.

Authorities said she suffered a graze wound and is conscious and breathing.

Detectives have released a surveillance photo of a vehicle they believe was used during the shooting on 46th Place in Southeast and the incident on Jay Street in Northeast.

They're asking the public to help identify and locate the vehicle which is described as a black Jeep Compass last seen displaying Maryland tags 4EW6192. MPD ask anyone who has seen the car to contact them at (202) 727-9099 or text a tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.

Washington, D.C.Crime and Public Safety