5 people shot in neighbourhood north of US White House
Five people were shot early Thursday in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighbourhood within walking distance of the White House, said police, who were responding to multiple locations. The shooter had not been caught, and the locations of the shootings were unclear, police department spokesperson Nicole Deaner said. The shootings were reported in Logan Circle, about a mile (1.6km) north of the White…
Five people were shot early Thursday in Logan Circle, a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located about a mile north of the White House. According to the South China Morning Post, police responded to multiple locations during the incident, and the shooter had not been caught.
Gulf News reports that four people were shot in the area and notes that police urged the public to avoid the 1500 block of 15th Street. This area includes residences, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, a VIDA fitness center, and is near a Whole Foods supermarket. Much of the block and surrounding streets were cordoned off during a massive police response, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sent agents to the scene to assist.
Brief written by urgent.news from South China Morning Post, Gulf News, NPR — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
