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3 men arrested in triple shooting in NE DC

Police have not identified the three people they believe are responsible for the triple shooting.

WASHINGTON — Police are investigating after three men were shot in Northeast D.C. Wednesday evening. 

According to a tweet from the Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting happened in the Unit block of Quincy Place Northeast just before 7:30 p.m.

When officers arrived they found two men who had been shot. Both were conscious and breathing when first responders arrived. A third man walked into a nearby hospital following the shooting. 

Not long after the shooting, police arrested 29-year-old Kharee Jackson, of Northwest, D.C., 36-year-old Pernell Jackson, of Northeast, D.C., and 35-year-old Charles Turner, of Oxon Hill, Maryland for their connection to the incident. The trio was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (gun).

There is no word on what may have led up to the shooting.

This is a developing story. More details will be added as they become available. 

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Police are searching for a "small, black SUV" that at least two shooters got out of, started firing semi-automatic weapons and then drove away in the suspect car.

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