Police in D.C. have identified two men killed in a shooting in Southeast on Thursday that also wounded a 2-year-old girl on a walk with her day care class and are offering a $50,000 reward.
Police have identified two men killed in a shooting in Southeast D.C. on Thursday that also wounded a 2-year-old girl on a walk with her day care class and are offering a $50,000 reward.
In a police news release Friday, the two men were identified as 29-year-old Lamont Street, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, and 50-year-old Jermaine Proctor, of Southeast D.C.
They were killed in a hail of gunfire about 11:20 a.m. Thursday in the area of 22nd Street and Savannah Street, not far from Suitland Parkway. Multiple armed suspects jumped out of a vehicle at the intersection and started shooting.
In addition to Street and Proctor, another man and the little girl were wounded in the gunfire. They were both taken to the hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.
D.C. police are offering a total $50,000 reward for anyone who provides information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Tips can also be texted to the department’s tip line by sending a text message to 50411.
The little girl who was wounded in the shooting was one of a group of toddlers from the Cre8tive Korner Early Learning Center on Alabama Avenue out for a morning walk with their teachers to a nearby “tot lot” when the gunfire broke out.
Juanita Barnes, the day care owner, told WTOP the day care will no longer take children on walks as a safety precaution.
The day care center’s young students have been marked by a spate of violence this year. A former student and a current student — both young children — were killed in separate shootings this year that took place away from the school.
Barnes told WTOP day care centers need help from the city to remain open and provide a safe place for working parents to leave their children.
“We desperately need help east of the river — we need resources,” she said.
