NEW YORK — Police in New York City and Washington are jointly investigating the shootings of five homeless people across both cities that they said may have been committed by the same suspect.
Because of similarities in"the modus operandi of the perpetrator, common circumstances involved in each shooting, circumstances of the victims and recovered evidence," the two departments will jointly investigate the shootings with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, they said in a Sunday news release.
The two shootings in New York occurred on March 12. One victim was injured and another was killed, according to the joint news release. "Our homeless population is one of our most vulnerable and an individual praying on them as they sleep is an exceptionally heinous crime," Sewell said in a statement.
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