(WFLA) — Multiple people were shot Sunday evening in Washington, D.C., including a Metro police officer, according to the DC Police Department.
Officers were called to the area of 14th and U Street, Northwest, for a shooting incident in which “multiple people have been shot, including an MPD officer,” the department said in a tweet.
Authorities did not immediately release additional information but noted Chief Robert Contee would hold a media briefing Sunday evening.
The shooting took palce roughly 1.5 miles north of the White House.
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