Update: The victim has died, police say.

A military veteran is in critical condition after being shot in a Northeast D.C. neighborhood Friday.

Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the shooting at 15th and D streets within seconds about 5:30 p.m., and within minutes, two people were in custody and two guns had been recovered. The officers were patrolling the area because of a significant increase in gun violence in the area, including the wounding of a 9-year-old girl a week ago.

Police said they aren’t looking for any other suspects.

The family of the victim, 32-year-old Walter Leon Baylor, said they have no idea why he was shot.

“My nephew did nothing to deserve this,” said a man who said he is the victim’s uncle.

In the past two weeks, eight people were shot in five incidents in the area.

Two D.C. residents were killed: 25-year-old Marquiawn Williams, who was shot about 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in the 1800 block of Benning Road NE, and 27-year-old Wilbert Brooks, who shot just after midnight Sunday in the 1500 block of Benning Road NE. No arrests have been made in either homicide.

A week ago, a 9-year-old girl was injured in a shooting about 9:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in the 1600 block of E Street NE. No arrests have been made.

And two weeks ago, on Sept. 21 about 11:10 p.m., four people were shot in the 1800 block of Benning Road NE. The victims survived. Police arrested 27-year-old Anthony Farmer of D.C. and an unidentified 26-year-old man.