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DC police investigating shooting near Brookland Metro station

Police are investigating a shooting Wednesday that wounded two people near the Brookland Metro station. It happened just before 5 p.m. Wednesday. One victim has serious to critical injuries, and the other has injuries that are serious to life-threatening. Council member Kenyan McDuffie was at the scene and tweeted that the shooting started in the 900 block of Irving Street Northeast. Police are looking for a black 2020 Dodge Charger with three people inside.

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Below is the area where it happened. [google_map latitude=”38.928672″ longitude=”-76.993638″ zoom=”15″ height=”300px” location_label=”Brookland” dynamic_map=”false”]

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