Authorities are responding to an 'active threat' in Washington, DC, and at least two people were shot, police said
Stuart Emerman, the assistant chief of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department, told reporters that there is no description of any suspect at this point."All three individuals have been taken to area hospitals where they are being treated," Emerman said.Police evacuate people near the scene of the shooting in northwest Washington. A man and a woman are in stable but critical condition, Emerman said, updating an earlier report from a police source who said two men had been shot.
Samuel Nicolido, a student who lives near where the shooting took place, told CNN that he had heard about 20 shots."It was like five shots and then stopped for like, one minute, and then four more, five more, and then again," Nicolido said."I saw cops with shields everywhere and then they were saying -- they were telling us to stay at home. Don't leave. So yeah, it was scary.
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