known if they were used in today s shooting spree. that gun battle happened around noon at the funeral services for murder victim ashley mccreigh. among the 600 people, rival gang members. suspects opened fire on the individuals in that car. reporter: the victims may have returned fire themselves before fleeing at high speed in this dodge durango, but they clipped this mercedes and then crashed into a parked van. inside the dodge, one man survived. another did not. it s not clear if he was killed by gunshots or the crash. 9news now has learned the identity of the dead man. he is jamal kotts of northwest ds. he has known jamal for years and the man known as big pon was running scared. he s been very worried. he witnessed the shooting that was on mozart beach a month to a month half ago. he was scared for his life? he was definitely scared for his life. reporter: and so whether or not that information that he had about that past murder may have motivated someone to
be wasting my time with you knuckleheads. unfortunately i can t so my career with cirque du soleil is going nowhere. good night, everybody. good night. . a cheating scandal rocks the fbi. find out how agents were scamming the system. plus topper is tracking another round of severe weather in our forecast. and new information on that wild gun fight in the heart of u street, including what led to the shooting. this is 9news now. a possible witness to a crime, afraid for his life and perhaps a target for a gunman. tonight we are finding out more and more about the man killed in the heart of washington s bustling u street corridor, and it is a miracle that when all of the bullets were flying by, passersby were somehow not hit. armando is standing by live. reporter: that shooting happened at u street exactly at this block, and for the next two blocks it was the wild, wild west. that shooting spree may have been motivated by an attempt to silence a witness. this car m