Five people were shot in Washington DC early Thursday, local time, and authorities are trying to capture the gunman.
The incident was unfolding on 15th street, near Logan Circle, about 1 mile north of the White House.
Several apartment buildings and schools in the area have been placed in lockdown, and dozens of police vehicles are at the scene.
Authorities have issued a shelter in place near the scene of attack in US capital.
Police are looking for suspect after incident at Logan Circle, one mile north of the White House Multiple people shot in Washington DC as police warn people to stay inside The shootings were reported in Logan Circle, about 1 mile north of the White House. Police urged people to avoid the area of the 1500 block of 15th Street, which includes a VIDA fitness center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and residences and is around the corner from a Whole Foods supermarket, the AP reports.
The man, who is understood to be James Thomas Campbell from Prestwick in South Ayrshire, died when a lone gunman opened fire in central Krakow on Saturday. Det Ch Insp David McAlinden, senior investigating officer from Police Scotland’s Counter Terrorism Policing unit, said the force was “aware of the tragic death of a Scottish man in Krakow”.
Four critical in hospital as firefighters dig through rubble in Flatbush after building next to construction site collapses Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at least two people and trapping others beneath the wreckage. Firefighters were called to the scene in the borough’s Flatbush section at about 4pm.
The inquest into the deaths of Jennifer and Gretl Petelcyzc hears new details about the day they died and the gunman's interactions with police weeks before the shooting.
Firefighters are digging through the rubble of a three-storey building in New York City after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, trapping people beneath the wreckage.