Man shot dead on Washington DC street while carrying a BABY and holding another young child's hand 

D.C. police are searching for a suspect who shot a man dead in broad daylight while he was carrying a baby and holding the hand of a five-year-old child. 

 The unnamed man was fatally shot multiple times at close range in Northeast D.C. while he held a baby in a car seat and accompanied the other kid, Metropolitan Police said on Friday morning.

‘It appears he was targeted by this shooter. This individual walked up, shot him with the children right there,’ Executive Assistant Chief of Police Ashan Benedict said. 

Police have not specified the relationship between the children and the victim but the kids were uninjured in the shooting and are currently safe with their mother, police said.   

Authorities are now asking for the public’s help to track down the suspect, who is described as a black male last seen wearing gray sweatpants and a black mask. 

D.C police said a man was fatally shot multiple times in Northeast D.C while carrying a baby in a car seat and holding the hand of a five-year-old boy

The suspect shot the man at close range but the children were uninjured in the shooting and are currently safe with their mother

Police said the brazen murder with no regard for the children nearby is ‘horrifying.’

‘It’s one of the most horrible things we’ve had in the Fifth District in several years,’ Fifth District Commander William FitzGerald said.

Councilman Kenyan R. McDuffie, who represents Ward 5, the area where the shooting occurred, said that no child should witness that kind of violence and that the city must ‘double down on our efforts’ to find violent criminals ‘and keep them off our streets.’ 

‘The entirety of our government, not just the police, must work together to ensure public safety and address the root causes of violent crime,’ McDuffie said in a statement.  

‘It’s one of the most horrible things we’ve had in the Fifth District in several years,’ Fifth District Commander William FitzGerald (right) said

Councilman Kenyan R. McDuffie, who represents Ward 5, the area where the shooting occurred, released a statement that said that no child should witness that kind of violence

People in the neighborhood said they were shocked by the bold shooting.  

‘We are in a space now that there is no regard, no respect for life,’ Lauraline Gregory, a mother who lives in the neighborhood, told Fox 5. 

‘Even to the point of shooting someone in front of two children, who could be damaged for the rest of their lives as a result of this. Which is why we’ve got to do something for the next generation.’