“multiple people shot” near Nats Park around noon. Update: “Two Dead, Two Critically Injured in Shooting, MPD Searching for Suspect Vehicle”

via google maps

MPD reports at 12:08pm: “MPD is on the scene of multiple people shot near the intersection of O Street, SW and Half Street, SW.”

From Alert DC:

“MPD reports the following road closures due to police activity:

– Half Street between N and O Streets, SW
– South Capitol Street, SW, between N and O Streets, SW
– Carrollsburg Place and P Street, SW

Please use an alternate route”

This is a developing situation and will be updated as more info is released.

Update:

“Shooting Investigation in the 1300 block of Half Street ,SW. Lookout is for a white Jeep Cherokee 2016-2022 w/a sunroof, white rims and tinted windows and unknown plate.”

“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the suspect vehicle involved in a shooting that left two dead and two critically injured.

On Thursday, December 21, 2023, at approximately 11:49 a.m., Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a shooting in the 1300 block of Half Street Southwest.

Upon arrival, they located three men and a woman with gunshot wounds. The woman died at the scene. The three men were transported to local hospitals for treatment. One man has since died from his injuries. The two other men are in critical condition.

The suspect vehicle was captured by nearby surveillance cameras and can be seen in the below photo:

The Jeep is described as a white 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee with Maryland plate 2FD0820 with a sunroof and tinted windows.

A vehicle matching this description was taken in an armed carjacking yesterday near Blair Street and Kansas Street, Northwest (CCN: 23206436).

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.”

“MPD is searching for this suspect vehicle in the 1300 block of Half St SW shooting.

It is described as a white 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee with Maryland plate 2FD0820 with a sunroof, white rims, and tinted windows.

The driver appears to be wearing gloves.”

Chief Pamela A. Smith gives an update on the shooting in the 1300 block of Half Street SW that left two dead and two critically injured. pic.twitter.com/wnCdVy0hDO

— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) December 21, 2023