WASHINGTON - A shooting in a notorious D.C. neighborhood has some residents wondering if police efforts to mitigate crime in the area has worked.

Last summer, the Metropolitan Police Department (web | news) cracked down on crime in Trinidad, a neighborhood in D.C.'s Northeast quadrant. Now, the area's latest shooting Monday has residents there concerned.

Neighbors in the 1100 block of Queen Street Northeast say their calm was shattered Monday morning when they heard multiple gunshots.

"Just heard about eight to 10 gunshots about 11 o'clock this morning and saw my neighbors hiding below the wall out here and made sure that they were OK," said Clint Allen, a Trinidad resident.

According to police, the Monday morning incident was a street ambush. A young man reportedly sat in a green minivan when would-be killers ran up to him.

"There were, uh, two to three gunmen. They were on foot and then left the scene toward the alley area so we're going to be working with people in the neighborhood to try to identify who these folks were," said Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier (web | news | bio) .

Chief Lanier set up police roadblocks in Trinidad last year to try to stem the carnage. In 2008 alone, eight people were killed there. Though the victim didn't die in Monday's shooting, Lanier said she's disturbed by the incident.

"It's troubling when you have [a] shooting anywhere, especially in broad daylight for people to be that brazen and that callous to come out in broad daylight like this," she said.

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