Armed opened fire from a makeshift sniper position on the top floor of an apartment building near a private college in the US capital, Washington, DC, injuring four people before committing suicide as police raided his apartment, authorities said.
According to police, Raymond Spencer, 23 years old, from Fairfax, Virginia, was able to identify himself because of the video he uploaded to social networking sites. In it, he is depicted throwing from a window; the title he typed has a typo: “Shots on a sole!»(« Shool shooting! »).
PMPD is seeking the following person of interest in connection to the shooting in the 2900 block of Van Ness Street, NW. This individual is 23 year-old Raymond Spencer of Fairfax, Virginia. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/ziR0Vutw0p
– DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) April 22, 2022
Washington Police Chief Robert Cody said in a press conference he gave late last night that the video “seems to be indeed completely authentic“, However it is not clear whether it was downloaded directly or after the young man opened fire.
Police earlier in the day issued a special newsletter with photos of Raymond Spencer, describing “person of interestIn the investigation of the incident. It developed in the district a large number of its men, equipped with assault rifles and bulletproof shields.
The young man committed suicide as police stormed his apartment, where he had set up a “sniper rifle”, with his rifle resting on a tripodclarified Mr. Cody.
Always according to the police chief, the perpetrator chose his victims at randomthey were just passers-by.
Three people were taken to hospitals in the American capital: a 54-year-old and a 30-year-old, who are in serious condition, and a 12-year-old girl with a hand injury, informed earlier the Deputy Chief of Police Stuart Ermerman. The fourth victim, 60 years old, was offered medical care on the spot, as he suffered a minor injury, a scratch from a bullet, according to Mr. Emerman.
Eyewitnesses told Reuters and other media that they heard repeated gunshots in the Van Ness district (north), next to the private Edmund Burke School, where classes were coming to an end.
According to police chief Cody, the 23-year-old fired at least 20 bullets.
U.S. authorities say they are unaware of the motives of the young man, who opened fire on passersby on the busy Connecticut Avenue, home to several foreign embassies, Harvard Law School and the University of the District of Columbia campus.
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