News demo 4: One dead, eight others injured in two shootings in the District late Thursday, police say

In the first shooting, one man was killed and five other adults were wounded in the courtyard of an apartment complex in the 1300 block of Columbia Road NW in Columbia Heights, said Cmdr. Stuart Emerman of the 3rd District. The shooting was reported about 10:05 p.m. Five of the victims were men and one was a woman, police said. Emerman said the surviving victims had injuries ranging from non-life-threatening to critical. D.C. police were searching for two “males armed with AK style rifle,” last seen in the rear of the complex, according to a tweet sent out by the department around midnight.