WASHINGTON — Editor's Note: MPD previously reported that four people were shot in the incident, officials clarified that number Thursday to three people.
Police are investigating after three people were shot, killing one, in Southeast D.C. Wednesday afternoon.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), the shooting happened near 6th Street and Chesapeake Street just before 5 p.m. When officers arrived they found four men had been shot. One of the men has since died from his injuries.
The man killed was later identified as 30-year-old Kendrick Phillips, of SE, D.C.
MPD is on the lookout for a black sedan with heavy tint and paper tags. Police say the suspects were last seen driving northbound near 6th Street and Atlantic Street.
Officers have not released any information regarding what may have led up to the shooting.
The death marked the 146th homicide in the District in 2022, a 1% increase from 2021's numbers -- a year that saw the highest homicide rate since 2003.
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Charges against the suspect, Cleotha Abston, were upgraded, MPD said. He has now been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree murder in perpetration of kidnapping.