Police identify victim of homicide in Southeast Washington
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Version 0 of 1. A woman who was fatally shot in Southeast Washington on Sunday afternoon has been identified as a 39-year-old from Northeast, according to D.C. police. Police said they have made no arrests in the killing of Ivy Tonett Smith and the shooting of a man who was wounded in the same incident in the 2800 block of Alabama Avenue SE. The shooting occurred about 12:30 p.m. On Monday, police said they found a gray minivan that had been stolen from a church and which detectives think was used in the attack. The minivan is described as a gray Honda Odyssey with a Maryland handicapped license plate 241-69HT. Acting D.C. police Capt. Anthony Haythe, who heads the homicide unit, said police found the vehicle in the 1700 block of S Street SE, about a mile from the shooting scene. Haythe said the van had been stolen from Mount Ephraim Baptist Church in Largo in Prince George’s County. [Police find minivan believed to be used in fatal shooting] The shooting occurred near a bus stop in the Woodland neighborhood. Smith died at a hospital, and the man was taken to a hospital with wounds that were not believed to be life-threatening. Haythe said police were trying to identify the people who were in the Honda at the time of the shooting. He said it was not clear whether the man and the woman knew each other, but he said he thinks that at least one of the victims was targeted. “We don’t believe this was a random act of violence,” Haythe said. The Rev. Joseph Gilmore Jr., pastor of Mount Ephraim, said that the van typically is parked in a bus lot and that church officials were unaware that the van was missing until D.C. police contacted him Sunday night. Gilmore expressed condolences to the family of the woman who was killed and said, “I’m praying for the recovery of those who were injured in this horrific incident.” |