Washington, DC Independence Day drive-by shooting leaves 9 injured, including 2 juveniles

The 9 victims involved in the Washington, DC, drive-by were believed to be ‘targeted’

A drive-by shooting in Washington, D.C., left nine people, including two juveniles, with non-life threatening injuries as they were celebrating Independence Day with their community, police say.

On Wednesday, July 5 shortly after 1 a.m., Washington, D.C., metro police and emergency medical services were dispatched to reports of shots fired at a townhouse within city limits.

Leslie Parsons, assistant chief of the Investigative Services Bureau at the Metropolitan Police Department, said in a press conference that authorities are searching for a dark-colored SUV following a preliminary investigation.

Parsons said that the shooting was “targeted” and that the nine victims were outside celebrating the Fourth of July when the dark-colored SUV allegedly drove by, stopped and began firing toward them.

” [The SUV] It stopped, and it fired shots in the direction of some of our residents that were outside just celebrating the 4th of July,” Parsons said. “It appears that the shooting was targeted towards those residents and victims that were struck.

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