{
  "id": 19747300,
  "title": "Reporter’s notebook: shooting brings home grim reality in the US capital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/reporters-notebook-shooting-brings-home-grim-reality-in-the-us-capital",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T02:34:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3374284/shooting-close-home-reporters-view-grim-reality-us-capital"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "We were weeks into a three-month assignment reporting from the SCMP bureau in Washington when we heard a shooting just around the corner from our apartment building. From our flat, we often hear trucks going past and loud noise from the ventilation system several storeys below. But as we got ready for work at 8am on Thursday we heard something unusual – “bang, bang, bang”. It was gunfire, and it…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}