DC police identify victims from two separate fatal shootings Saturday

Police are investigating two deadly shootings that happened Saturday in the District.

The first happened right after 4 a.m. on Raum Street in the Trinidad neighborhood of Northeast.



Police say they found 26-year-old John Jones of Temple Hills, Maryland, dead in his car. He appeared to have sustained injuries from a gunshot.

About seven hours later, D.C. Police say they responded to the area of Southern Avenue SE. There, they found Darron Holmes, 28, of Southeast, outside suffering from gunshot wounds.

He also died at the scene.

Police are still investigating the two separate shootings and so far have no suspects.

Veronica Canales

Veronica Canales is an Associate Producer and Weekend Overnight Producer at WTOP.

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