WASHINGTON — A taking pictures on a avenue within the nation’s capital left three individuals useless and two others hospitalized Saturday evening, police stated.

Officers responded to the sounds of gunshots round 8 p.m. within the 1600 block of Good Hope Road Southeast and located 5 victims who had been shot.

Two males and a lady have been pronounced useless on the scene and two males have been transported to space hospitals, Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department Acting Chief Pamela Smith stated throughout a information convention on the scene.

The situations of the hospitalized victims weren’t instantly recognized.

“This kind of gun violence is not acceptable in the District of Columbia. This is not a war zone. We want our residents to feel safe,” Smith stated.

Smith requested for assist from the general public in amassing details about what she referred to as a disturbing deadly taking pictures.

“We realize that there may be others who may have been injured tonight. We are asking you to come forward,” Smith stated, including that the group must be concerned in stopping the town’s violence. “It can’t rest upon the metropolitan police department to determine what works and what doesn’t work.”

Washington skilled one other mass taking pictures final month when nine people were wounded whereas celebrating Independence Day in a neighborhood a few 20-minute drive east of the White House.