1 dead, 1 injured in possible robbery

Update, 8:34 p.m.:
D.C. police said that one of the two men shot during an apparent robbery in the wholesale district of Northeast has died. A second man remains hospitalized with life-threatening wounds.

Earlier:

Two men were shot and critically wounded Wednesday in a market in the wholesale district of Northeast Washington, D.C. police said.

Police were called to a store in the 1300 block of Fifth Street NE about 3 p.m., said officer Paul Metcalf, a police spokesman.

Few details were immediately available. A police source said investigators were trying to determine whether the shootings occurred during a robbery.

Police were searching for a silver car that left the area. The store is just north of Florida Avenue, where wholesale vendors sell produce and merchandise to many corner markets across the city.

Clarence Williams