Double Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured In Stanton Park: Police

WASHINGTON, VA — Homicide detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting of a Northwest woman early Thursday morning in Stanton Park, according to a police release. Police identified the decedent as 18 year-old Saige Ballard.

Around 3:10 am., officers were dispatched to the 200 block of E Street, N.E., for the report of a shooting. They found Ballard suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. D.C. Fire and EMS transported her to a nearby hospital. All life-saving efforts failed and Ballard was pronounced dead.

Additionally, an adult male was also found at the scene of the shooting. He was suffering from a gunshot wound and was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Police ask anyone with information about this incident to call 202-727-9099 or submit an anonymous tip by texting 50411.