One Dead, Eight Others Injured After Shooting In Washington DC - Police

(Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th July, 2020) One person died and at least eight others were injured as a result of a shooting in Northwest Washington, police told Sputnik.

"It looks like there were confirmed nine victims ... We are still waiting to confirm the exact number of individuals that suffered from gunshot wounds," a police spokeswoman told Sputnik on Sunday.

According to the spokeswoman, the victims are all adults, no children were hurt. One of the injured has died.

"Our homicide unit is on scene," the police spokeswoman told Sputnik, confirming that there was one deceased individual.

Police are now searching for three African-American males who drove away from the scene of the crime, according to the spokeswoman.

The shooting occurred on Sunday afternoon in the area of 14th Street and Spring Road NW, in Washington D.C.'s Columbia Heights neighborhood.