Police searching for suspect after 4 shot in Southeast DC

WASHINGTON - D.C. police are searching for a suspect wanted in connection to a quadruple shooting in Southeast. 

Just after 8 p.m. Monday, police responded to the 1000 block of 12th Street, SE, after receiving a report about a shooting. Police found two men and two women with gunshot wounds at the scene. They are all conscious and breathing and were taken to to the hospital for treatment.

Neighbors say they heard at least 20 shots fired, with one woman adding that it "sounded like a warzone." 

"I'm very saddened and distressed about it, especially because I work to prevent violence. I run an organization called Little Friends for Peace and we're working to stop violence on our streets and just taking a night walk," MJ Park told FOX 5. "And my son heard all this, sirens, and he said, ‘I think there's an emergency.’"

The suspect has been described as a Black man wearing a white shirt, dark pants and white shoes. Police say he may also be driving a blue SUV, last seen in the area of Potomac Avenue, SE. 

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or contact the Metropolitan Police Department at 202-727-9099.