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Several injured, people flee in panic as dozens of gunshots ring out on busy street in Washington, DC (VIDEOS) | Several injured, people flee in panic as dozens of gunshots ring out on busy street in Washington, DC (VIDEOS) |
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An apparent drive-by shooting in a crowded area of Washington, DC has left at least two men injured, police told local media, with reports of more than a dozen shots erupting on one of the city’s busiest streets. | An apparent drive-by shooting in a crowded area of Washington, DC has left at least two men injured, police told local media, with reports of more than a dozen shots erupting on one of the city’s busiest streets. |
The shooting unfolded on DC’s 14th Street Northwest on Thursday, reporters on the scene said, some noting the area includes a number of high-end restaurants. Police told a journalist with a local Fox affiliate that the two men wounded were “conscious and breathing,” while another DC-based reporter noted that one victim had been hit in the arm, the other in the chest. | The shooting unfolded on DC’s 14th Street Northwest on Thursday, reporters on the scene said, some noting the area includes a number of high-end restaurants. Police told a journalist with a local Fox affiliate that the two men wounded were “conscious and breathing,” while another DC-based reporter noted that one victim had been hit in the arm, the other in the chest. |
Video footage taken near the Le Diplomate restaurant captured a volley of gunfire, which CNN’s Jim Acosta said was “a few blocks” away from the site of the shooting. | Video footage taken near the Le Diplomate restaurant captured a volley of gunfire, which CNN’s Jim Acosta said was “a few blocks” away from the site of the shooting. |
Other clips and photos of the scene circulated online showed first responders tending to injuries and police securing the area. | Other clips and photos of the scene circulated online showed first responders tending to injuries and police securing the area. |
One Twitter user who claimed to have witnessed the incident said they believed it to be a drive-by shooting, but police have so far not confirmed that detail. The authorities did say, however, that the suspect, a black male, fled the scene in a black Honda Civic immediately after the incident. At the time of writing, the shooter was still at large. | One Twitter user who claimed to have witnessed the incident said they believed it to be a drive-by shooting, but police have so far not confirmed that detail. The authorities did say, however, that the suspect, a black male, fled the scene in a black Honda Civic immediately after the incident. At the time of writing, the shooter was still at large. |
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