Two shootings blocks apart in DC within hours

Editor’s Note: The location for one of the shootings has been updated according to new information from the Metropolitan Police Department.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Three people were injured after two separate shootings broke out just blocks apart from each other in Southeast D.C. only hours apart on Monday amid a heavy federal law enforcement presence, D.C. police said.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said that around 4:05 p.m., a call came in about a shooting that happened in the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE…

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