Via Metropolitan Police DepartmentThe Metropolitan Police Department is naming two suspects in a drive-by shooting early Monday morning that left 13 people wounded. Police are looking for Andrew Davon Allen and Craig Wilson, both 19, in connection with the shooting that took place about 2:10 a.m. on the 1200 block of North Capitol Street NW.
Allen (Via MPD)Two vehicles were seen rolling by the block in a surveillance video of the shooting that police released on Monday, though police did not have a description of the cars’ makes and models. However, one of them has since been identified as a black or midnight blue 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK 320 coupe with D.C. tags EF7810.
Allen is described as black male, 5-feet-eight inches tall, 150 pounds, brown eyes, black hair with a medium complexion, and in wearing glasses in an MPD-issued photo. Wilson is described as a black male, 6-feet-2 inches tall, 140 pounds, brown eyes, black hair with a dark complexion, and has a tattoo of a revolver on the front of his neck.
Twelve of the victims in Monday’s shooting suffered minor wounds, while one was hospitalized in critical condition. In the wake of the drive-by, Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), who represents the transforming neighborhood, called for the closure of two nightclubs in the vicinity, Fur and Ibiza.
Wilson (Via MPD)Fur Nightclub is located about a block from where the shooting took place. Wells has since backed down from calling shuttering the nightclubs, neither of which has been named by MPD in connection to the shooting. There was an event at Fur last Sunday, which let its patrons out about 2 a.m. Monday morning.
Wells and Ibiza owner Eric Clay issued a joint statement today saying that people walking through NoMa should be able to expect to do so safely. “As a business owner in a growing community such as NoMa, I know we have a responsibility to help maintain a safe community; not only for our patrons inside and out of our establishment, but for our surrounding neighborhood as well,” Clay says.