Two people died and three more were wounded on Wednesday after a shooting on Congress and Savannah Streets in Southeast D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

“There appears to be some type of dispute that occurred between two groups,” Acting Police Chief Robert Contee said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. “Two of our residents…are now dead due to senseless gun violence.”

Police arrived on scene around 1:20 p.m on Wednesday and found one woman and one man deceased, Contee said. Police later identified the victims as George Evans, 25, and Keosha Ferguson, 28, of Southeast D.C.

Two more victims were also discovered on the scene, and were taken to a hospital with what Contee described as non-life-threatening injuries. A fifth victim walked into an area hospital for treatment of injuries that were also non-life-threatening, Contee said.

All the victims of the shooting are adults, Contee said. Police believe it’s possible that there was more than one shooter.

At Wednesday’s press conference, Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White said he knew most of the victims involved in the incident. “I’m just saddened,” he said. “My heart is troubled, I just think we as a community have to do better.”

In January, after the killing of three teenagers in the span of two weeks, White called for the mayor to declare a state of emergency in the District due to gun violence. D.C. recently hired its first Director of Gun Violence Prevention to try to stem the tide of fatal shootings in the city.

White said he’s praying for the families and he’s worried about an uptick of violence in the summer months ahead. Ward 8 has already experienced 15 homicides this year, and the city as a whole has experienced 42 homicides this year, up 17 percent from the 36 reported during same period last year. And 2020 was already a record violent year, which the highest number of killings in the city in 15 years.

A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information on the case.

“Certainly someone in the community is aware of what happened here,” Contee said. “We’re asking the community to share that information with us so we can give it to the police.” Text tips can be sent anonymously to the police at 50411.