3 people found dead inside Northeast DC apartment: Authorities

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.