Shooting Kills 2 Men and a Woman and Wounds 2 Others in Washington, DC, Police Chief Says

A U.S. Capitol police officer stands by his car outside the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington on Aug. 2, 2023, after unconfirmed eports of an active shooter in the building near the U.S. Capitol. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—A shooting on a street in the nation’s capital left three people dead and two others hospitalized Saturday night, police said.

Officers responded to the sounds of gunshots around 8 p.m. in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road Southeast and found five victims who had been shot.