Five people were injured and one man was killed in four separate shootings in the District on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, District police said.
The shootings are not likely linked, police said.
Around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, a man was killed by a bullet to the head on the 3000 block of 24th Street SE, police said. Another man was shot in the leg in the same incident. He’s expected to recover.
Two hours earlier, another man was in critical condition after he was shot on the 1800 block of Birney Place SE, police said. Another victim in the same shooting suffered non-life-threatening wounds.
At some point in the night — police are unsure of exactly when — another man suffered minor injuries from a gunshot on the 2600 block of Stanton Road SE.
Around 2:20 a.m., officers responded to a report of gunfire on the 200 block of W Street NW and found another man who had been grazed by a bullet, police said.
— Freeman Klopott
