Multiple Deaths In Labor Day Weekend Shootings In Northwest DC

WASHINGTON, DC — A man was shot and killed, and another man was hurt in two shootings on Sunday in the same block of Northwest D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Officers responded to a shooting at the 600 block of Morton Street NW but found no victim. A short time later, a man walked into a hospital for treatment of "non-life threatening gunshot wounds," D.C. police said.

A vehicle of interest, described as possibly being a dark Lexus, was captured by a nearby surveillance camera.

The second shooting occurred at about 7:10 p.m. Sunday on the same block of Morton Street NW. Police found the victim, and DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services pronounced the person dead on the scene. The victim's name has not been released.

Both of these shootings happened just a day after three people were shot and killed, and another three were hurt on the 600 block of Longfellow Street NW.

The MPD continues to investigate Saturday night's fatal shooting in the Brightwood Park neighborhood of Northwest D.C. that killed the two men and woman.

The shooting occurred at 7:33 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Longfellow Street Northwest.

DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and transported the three men who are expected to survive to area hospitals threatening injuries. The two men and one woman who were killed in the shooting were taken directly to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The three people who were fatally shot have been identified as Donnetta Dyson, 31, of Northeast D.C., Keenan Braxton, 24, of Northwest D.C., and Johnny Joyner, 37, of Northeast D.C.

The police are searching for a dark-colored Honda Accord with tinted windows and chrome colored rims that was spotted at the scene of the shooting.

D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said at a news briefing after the shooting that it appears people got out of the car and fired gunshots down the block.

The MPD believes there was more than one person firing a gun, but could not confirm if it was multiple shooters from the Honda Accord or if gunfire was being exchanged back and forth.

The shooting occurred only a few blocks from of an early Friday shooting that killed one person and injured two others. The events ended with a police officer shooting a suspect after he aimed a gun at the officer, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

The MPD offers a reward of up to $25,000, per homicide victim. The total reward amount for the Saturday night case would be $75,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.

Anyone who has knowledge of these incidents should call police at 202-727-9099, or text a tip to the MPD at 50411.