Gunfire rang out on a Southeast D.C. block in the dead of night, but by the time officers rolled up, the shooter was gone and so were any apparent victims. Now, the hunt is on. D.C. police have released surveillance video of a person they want to identify in connection with a late March shooting in Southeast Washington. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the incident happened around 3:32 a.m. on March 27 in the 600 block of Melon Street SE, after Seventh District officers on patrol heard shots and arrived to find evidence of a shooting but no one hit.
Investigators say the individual was captured on nearby security cameras and took off in a vehicle. Police are banking on the footage to spark fresh tips and, eventually, an arrest.
Surveillance footage and the suspect
The department has circulated both still images and a short video clip that show the person of interest near the block. Local TV outlets picked up the images in an effort to widen the search. As reported by WJLA, investigators said the person can be seen on nearby cameras leaving in a vehicle, and officers at the scene recovered evidence consistent with gunfire.
Detectives stressed that no arrests had been made at the time the footage was released, and the person in the video has not been publicly identified…