Mother of Four Shot Dead in Northeast

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The search continues for a suspect in the murder of a Northeast D.C. mother of four who was gunned down on Friday morning.

Police say it happened at 14th Street NE and Maryland Avenue NE just before 9 a.m. They say 44-year-old Crystal Washington was walking through a parking lot when someone came up and shot her several times. Investigators are still searching for the suspect.

According to investigators, Washington was walking toward H Street from a women's shelter that is close by. FOX 5 is not revealing the name or location of that shelter in order to protect the women living there.

The administrator of the building that it houses women who need extra protection.

Meanwhile, residents said the area where the shooting happened is normally very busy at that time of the morning. One woman said she heard the shots as she was making a cake for Easter dinner.

Washington was a mother of four. A law enforcement source tells FOX 5 she was a potential witness in an upcoming drug case that's scheduled for D.C. Superior Court, but there's no indication as to whether her death is related to that case or not.