New Delhi: A shooting incident has been reported in the US in which multiple people, including a police officer, were shot at a music event on U Street Northwest in Washington DC, at a site less than 2 miles from the White House, reported news agency ANI citing a local media report. The shooting on Sunday left one person dead and several others injured, including one police officer, according to Fox News.
The report quoted a spokesperson of the Metropolitan Police Department saying that four people were shot, including one police officer. However, the officer did not respond by firing in the crowded area. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III informed that the victims included a 15-year-old, who was declared dead at the site, two adults, and the officer.
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"MPD (Metropolitan Police Department) is responding to the situation in the area of 14th and U Street, NW, for a shooting incident in which multiple people have been shot, including an MPD officer, tweeted ANI.
“Media staging at 15th and U Street, NW. Chief Contee to provide a media briefing," said the DC Police Department. The DC police Union has also confirmed through a tweet that a police officer was shot during the shooting. "We can confirm that one of our members working in the area of 14th and U St NW has been shot. The member has been transported to the hospital and is in stable condition".
The DC shooting has been reported in less than a month since the horrific mass school shootout that left 19 dead in Texas on May 24. The shooting took place at or near the site of a Juneteenth music concert called "Moechella" on 14th and U Street, as per the local media report. There are unconfirmed reports of other victims along with the MPD officer being shot in the leg police as police have asked people to avoid the area, said local US media on Monday.
The mass shooting incident at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Texas resulted in several people including 19 children being killed. With increasing incidents of gun violence in the United States, President Joe Biden had said that the US needs to ban assault weapons for the sake of protecting children and families or raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21.
"We need to ban assault weapons. ... if we can't, then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21. Ban high-capacity magazines. Strengthen background checks. Enact safe storage laws and red flag laws. Repeal gun manufacturers' immunity from liability," he said.