The Policemen has identified a man who was found dead in his apartment as 23-year-old Fairfax, Virginia man, Raymond Spencer. Raymond Spencer took his own life in a fifth-floor bathroom in an apartment building located on the 2900 block of Van Ness St.
Witnesses confirmed they heard what sounded like 100 gunshots. Police swarmed the scene evacuating residents from local apartment buildings, and combing the area for suspects.
During the evening press conference, MPD confirmed that all of the victims are in stable condition and expected to survive.
In an afternoon news conference, MPD confirmed the two adult victims were in “critical but stable condition” and the girl was in stable condition.
He said the four victims were “indiscriminately killed while doing business on the streets of the District of Columbia.”
Deputy Police Chief Stuart Emerman said in an earlier interview that three people who were shot were taken to area hospitals — a 54-year-old man and woman in their 30s with serious injuries and a 12-year-old girl with a broken arm . briefing.
The fourth victim, a woman in her 60s, was treated at the scene for minor abrasions, Emerman said.