WASHINGTON, D.C. – A 29-year-old and a 19-year-old were shot and killed in Northwest D.C. Saturday night. Homicide detectives at the Washington, D.C. Metro Police Department are investigating the homicides.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting just before 10 pm at the 1400 block of Girard Street. Upon arrival, they discovered an adult male victim with a gunshot wound. Not long after, a witness alerted the officers about a second shooting victim located one block away on the 1400 block of Fairmont Street, Northwest. Tragically, both victims lost their lives, succumbing to their injuries at the scene.
29-year-old Luke Whitaker, of D.C., and 19-year-old Zion Hollingsworth-Hayes, of Maryland, have been identified as the victims.
If you have any information about this incident, please take no action but call the police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department’s TEXT TIP LINE at 50411. This case remains under investigation.