DC police make multiple arrests after shooting leaves 1 dead, 4 injured
WASHINGTON - Authorities have made several arrests in connection with a shooting that left one person dead and four others injured in southwest, D.C.
D.C. Police Assistant Chief Carlos Heraud said the shooting was reported around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Heraud said bullets struck five people at the Valo Apartments in the 200 block of M Street. When officers arrived they found blood drops in a staircase and two men suffering from gunshot wounds. One of those men died at the scene. The other was taken to a nearby hospital.
The three other men who were wounded in the shooting walked into a local hospital emergency room.
By Wednesday morning, detectives had arrested three people in connection to the shooting. All three face felony murder charges.
Officials are expected to release more information later in the day.
Five people shot in Southwest DC
Police are on the scene of a mass shooting in Southwest, D.C. The scene is in the 200 block of M Street Southwest. Two victims were found on in the area, both of them are adult men. One of them has died from their injuries. Three other men who were wounded in the shooting walked in to the hospital with injuries.