Overview
- Officers responded around 8:23 p.m. to gunfire on the 600 block of Howard Place NW near the university’s Yard.
- Five people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, identified by officials as four adult males and one teenage male.
- Police say none of the wounded are Howard University students, and one victim is a student at Morgan State University.
- Two suspects were taken into custody and three weapons were recovered, including one arrest after a foot chase to a McDonald’s parking lot.
- The scene was secured after public alerts and road closures, and investigators say they will keep a robust presence through homecoming.