WASHINGTON - Police say four people were shot following a funeral for a homicide victim on Benning Rd. in Northeast D.C.
Tuesday afternoon. Just after 12:15 p.m., D.C. police responded to the shooting near Stewart Funeral Home on the 4000 block of Benning Road NE.Once officers arrived at the scene, they found two men, and two women suffering from gunshot wounds.
While three victims were transported to local hospitals with life-threatening injuries, first responders stayed with one man who showed no signs of life until he was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Police have identified the victim who died as 29-year-old Terrell Coghill. In a press conference, D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee III told reporters the shooting occurred as a funeral was being let out.