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A man was shot and killed while carrying a baby in a car seat and holding the hand of a 5-year-old girl in Washington, DC on Friday morning, according to law enforcement officials.
Sedrick Miller, 42, was gunned down at around 8:30 a.m. on the 2300 block of 18th Street in Northeast Washington, DC Police said at a press conference.
“It’s just a horrific event and we really need the public’s help with this,” said Police Commander William FitzGerald, calling it the most disturbing event in DC’s Fifth Ward in years.
Miller, who lived in the area, was walking down the street — holding the infant in the carrier with one hand and grasping the second child with the other — when the shooter approached him and fired several times.
Miller was declared dead at the scene. FitzGerald said the children are safe and with their mother. The relationship between Miller and the kids wasn’t immediately clear.
No arrests have been made and police pleaded for the public’s help in identifying the suspect, who was wearing a gray sweatshirt, black mask, and light-colored pants.