WASHINGTON — Surveillance video captured the sounds of gunfire during a Saturday afternoon shootout in a Hill East neighborhood.
The shooting happened on 16th Street Southeast near Independence Avenue. D.C. Police say no one was injured.
"It sounds like a warzone right? This like automatic gunfire going off at 2 p.m. in the afternoon on a gorgeous Saturday," Adam Trister told WUSA9. His surveillance video was the one that captured the exchange of gunfire.
In the clip, a mother is heard telling her daughter to get inside the house. Trister says there were several kids playing outside when the shooting took place.
Exactly one week prior, more gunfire was captured by the same surveillance system.
"It feels that the police are in a situation where they are unable to do their jobs appropriately, and I don't understand why, and it's affecting the neighborhood," Trister added.
Neighbors that asked not to be identified tell WUSA9 they avoid walking on 16th Street SE because they fear that they will be caught in the crossfire.
Trister says he has lived in the District for twenty years, thirteen of those have been in the Hill East neighborhood, but in the last twenty months he says he has noticed what he calls a "seismic shift."
"We are being pushed out of our home frankly because of the inaction by the leadership in our city. I don't want to leave, but I mean, it's just a house and the safety of my family is more important than a house."
Some East Hill neighbors say the violence in the area is forcing them to move away from the District.
Others told WUSA9 they are watching closely how the DC Council advances Councilmember Brooke Pinto's crime bill with over 100 initiatives.
Trister say he is unsure if legislation is the sole solution to the problem his neighborhood is grappling with. "I think there needs to be significant steps taking and the steps they are articulating to me feels like baby steps. We are beyond that," He said.
As short term solutions, neighbor say they would like a safety meeting with police and Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray.
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