Police: 4 people shot in D.C., 1 killed

WASHINGTON — Police say four people were shot Thursday night and early Friday in three shooting incidents in D.C., and one man has died.

Officers were called to the scene of a shooting in the area of Georgia Avenue and Lamont Street in Northwest Washington around 9:30 p.m. Police say the victim, a man, was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Thirty minutes later, there was another shooting less than a half-mile away from that scene. It happened on Newton Place off Georgia Avenue. Police say two men were hurt, but both were conscious and breathing when they were taken to a hospital.

A man was hurt in a third shooting around 12:30 a.m. Friday along Delaware Avenue near M Street, Southwest. Police say the victim was conscious and breathing.

Police have not said if any of the shootings were connected.

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