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5 Shot in Southwest DC

File photo of a D.C. police cruiser
State Police

Five people were shot in the 3900 block of Martin Luther King Avenue in Southwest Washington Thursday evening.

A man and woman were found at the scene and taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Two other men and a woman sought treatment for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

One went to a fire house on Atlantic Street SE, and the others were driven to a hospital.

There’s no word yet on a motive.

A surveillance camera caught images of a suspect.

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