Two separate shootings sent dozens of bullets flying through homes and cars in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood Thursday night.
Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) responded to the Stanton Glen Apartments on Naylor Road after an unknown suspect open fired in the Southeast, D.C., neighborhood. A woman who wished not to be identified said at least 15 bullets went through her home while she and her children were sleeping. She says she awoke to the sounds of gunshot and saw smoke, reports NBC Washington.
“They thought they were fireworks,” the woman told NBC4.
No one was injured in the shooting and police are investigating the incident. Bullets went flying into another apartment on the 3400 block of 12th Street at roughly the same time. Officers also found multiple cars riddled with bullet holes on the 300 block of Stanton Road in Fort Stanton.
Police said there are no reports of injuries from the additional shootings. Investigators do not yet have any suspects or a motive for the shooting, but are searching for a dark vehicle seen leaving the apartment complex. It remains unclear if the shootings are connected.
D.C. is suffering a violent year, with 110 homicides across the city. The surge in homicides is down 12 percent from 2015, but remains historically high. There were a total of 105 homicides in 2014 and 88 in 2012.
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