3 injured after shooting in Southeast DC

WASHINGTON - A child was shot and two others were injured after a shooting in an area nearby the East Capitol Community Center in Southeast D.C. Monday night.

The shooting happened at around 8:44 p.m. in the 100 block of 56th Street.

D.C. police said all three female victims were conscious and breathing, but their conditions are unknown at this time.

Sources told FOX 5 that two of the injured victims are a 6-year-old girl and an 11-year-old girl.

Police are on the lookout for dark-colored older model Lexus or Acura four-door vehicle with a wing on the back and a license plate in the front window.

Less than five minutes away from that scene, D.C. police also responded to another shooting in the 4900 block of East Capitol Street at around 9:40 p.m.

Police say a man was wounded in this shooting. There is no lookout for a suspect at this time.