Suspect sought in Northeast store shooting

WASHINGTON — Two people were hurt when a man entered a Northeast D.C. store to rob it.

It happened on Saturday around 1:44 p.m. on the 500 block of 42nd Street, police say. The suspect entered the store and took out a gun, announcing a robbery.

Two people resisted. The suspect fired the gun and then fled. D.C. Fire and EMS took two adult males to the hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

Anyone with information on the shooting should call D.C. police at 202-727-9099.

Below is the area where the shooting happened.

Abigail Constantino

Abigail Constantino started her journalism career writing for a local newspaper in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a graduate of American University and The George Washington University.

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