Three people were found dead inside a home in Northeast D.C. on Wednesday night, authorities said.
Police were performing a welfare check on a third-floor apartment in the 5000 block of Jay Street NE just before 8 p.m. when they found the door slightly ajar, D.C. police said.
Authorities found the bodies of a man in his 40s, a woman in her 40s and a woman in her 60s, according to public safety sources. They are believed to have been shot.
Information on a potential motive or search for a suspect was not immediately released.
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