Metropolitan Police DC.Photo: Getty
Officers responded around 12:15 p.m. on April 11 to the Stewart Funeral Home in the city’s Northeast section, where they found two men and two women who had been shot as people who had attended a funeral were exiting the home, according to apress releasefrom the Metropolitan Police Department.
Police are now searching for a car that may have belonged to the shooter and was captured on a surveillance camera at the crime scene.
The vehicle is described as a white Lexus IS350, with possible damage to the bottom of the front passenger door, according to the release. A suspect has not been identified.
The incident happened following an 11 a.m. funeral service for 24-year-old Stephon Lamont Carroll, who was shot and killed in Southeast, D.C., on March 24, according to hisobituaryand thepolice department.
No arrests have been made in Carroll’s killing, and police have offered a $25,000 reward for information about the homicide case.
Now, police are trying to ascertain the identity of the suspect who they believe targeted people outside the funeral home.
“At this point, it appears that several people who were in the block were specifically targeted. We’re unsure why that is,” Police Chief Robert J. Contee III said,per Fox 5 DC. “We’re unsure why these people were targeted, more or less why they were targeted at a funeral. We don’t understand that. We’re looking for the community’s help.”
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The Stewart Funeral Home released a statement onFacebookfollowing the violence.
Police are also offering a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest or conviction of the person or people responsible for the murder.
source: people.com
