As many as three gunmen on Monday evening fired at least 30 bullets into a residential community that abuts Pennsylvania Avenue on Capitol Hill, according to D.C. police. No one was struck, but the volley of shots frightened residents, some of whom were out with children.

Police have made no arrests. The shooting occurred about 6:45 p.m. at 13th and G streets SE, and police said the gunmen fled in a silver vehicle heading east on Pennsylvania Avenue. The community targeted is Potomac Gardens, near the Potomac Avenue Metro station, shops and restaurants.

Residents took to Internet bulletin boards to voice their concerns. One described “ducking for cover” behind shrubs while their family walked home from celebrating a child’s birthday. The person described two people firing from a sidewalk. A police report says 30 shell casings were found at the scene.

D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham described the incident as “terrible” and “exactly the type of thing that we are committed to stop. Somebody felt it was appropriate to fire multiple rounds into a community while folks were coming home from dinner. . . . We can’t tolerate that stuff and we should all be upset when things like that happen.”