District of Columbia police are trying to determine if two Sunday morning shootings in Southeast, one of which was fatal, are linked.
The shootings happened two blocks from each other, police said.
Around 4:30 a.m., officers responded to gunshots on the 700 block of Atlantic Street. When they arrived, police said, they saw several suspects running from the scene and guns were left in the street. Soon after, a man suffering gunshot wounds arrived at Greater Southeast Hospital. The man is in stable condition after undergoing surgery.
Then, around 9:45 a.m., a black man was fatally shot on the 500 block of Foxhall Place. Police were unsure how long the body had been there and an autopsy is planned to determine the time of death. Police have not yet released the man’s identity.
