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MPD: Woman hit by stray bullet in Southeast DC

Detectives do not believe the woman was the intended target in the shooting.

WASHINGTON — Police are investigating after a woman was the unintended victim of a shooting in Southeast D.C. Tuesday afternoon.

Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department responded to Alabama Avenue, near a Capitol One Bank, around 4 p.m. after receiving a call about a shooting. A woman told police that while sitting in a parking lot, she heard gunshots.

Simultaneously, as she heard the sounds of gunfire, she felt pain in her back and ran to another section of the parking lot. Once on scene, police found that the woman had been shot in the back multiple times.

Police say she was taken to an area hospital, conscious and breathing, to be treated for injuries not considered to be life-threatening following the shooting.

Investigators with MPD say the woman was not the intended target of the shooting and that she was struck by a stray bullet.

During the shooting, four vehicles were damaged, including one that sustained damage to the radiator. According to a police report, the suspect was seen running towards the rear of building's location. 

Police have not provided any additional information regarding a potential suspect nor have they said who the intended target of the shooting was.

Officers are on the lookout for a gray vehicle with heavily tinted windows.

Anyone with more information on this incident is asked to call 911 or the Metropolitan Police Department at 202-727-9099 immediately.

Stay with WUSA9 as we follow this incident and provide updates.

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