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A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being wounded in a shooting in Columbia Heights on Sunday afternoon, D.C. police said.A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being wounded in a shooting in Columbia Heights on Sunday afternoon, D.C. police said.
A police spokeswoman said about 3:12 p.m., officers were called to the 3000 block of 14th Street NW, near the intersection of Columbia Road NW. About 3:15 p.m., patrol officers heard gunshots in the 3000 block of 14th Street NW, Commander Stuart Emerman of the 3rd District said. The officers found a man with a gunshot wound to his upper body, said Emerman, speaking at the scene in a video that was posted by the police department on Twitter.
They found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound who was “unconscious and not breathing,” spokeswoman Kristen Metzger, the police spokeswoman. An initial report from police also described the victim as “unconscious and not breathing” at the scene.
The shooting is under investigation. Emerman said police were looking for a dark, four-door vehicle last seen fleeing the area, heading east on Irving Street NW.
Investigators were talking to possible witnesses and seeking surveillance video from the many businesses in the area.
“We’re trying to pull as much video as we can as well as [finding] witnesses,” Emerman said. “We know it’s a very populated area here during the daytime, especially here on a Sunday afternoon ”
He asked anyone with information to call 202-727-9099.