DC SHOOTING: The search is on for a suspect accused of shooting multiple people in the nation’s capital, with the city’s mayor calling the situation an “active threat.” Context: Violent crime is up in the District 25 %
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By Michael Balsama, Carole Feldman, AP
Police and federal agents swarmed into a northwest Washington neighborhood on Friday after at least three people were shot in a flurry of gunfire. City officials warned people to stay inside because of an “active threat” as dozens of officers in tactical gear searched for the suspect.
The law enforcement officers responded to the scene near Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness St. in the Van Ness neighborhood of Washington shortly before 3:30 p.m. The incident is just down the road from Howard University Law School.
Police in tactical gear were seen escorting people out of an apartment building. Officers pointed their rifles upward toward other buildings and windows as the people moved quickly down the street with their hands raised above their heads.
The Metropolitan Police Department is warning people who live in the nearby neighborhoods of Cleveland Park and Van Ness to shelter in place. Assistant Police Chief Stuart Emerman said the victims included two adults, one man and one woman, who were in stable condition, and a juvenile female who suffered from a “minor gunshot wound.”
Police were going door-to-door in area buildings as they searched for the shooter.
Emerman said police were also aware of a video posted online that may be connected to the shooting, though he cautioned that investigators hadn’t yet authenticated the video. Police were questioning witnesses at the scene and were still trying to discern a motive for the shooting, he said.
Video posted on Twitter captured the sound of bursts of rapid gunfire.
The University of the District of Columbia, which is located nearby, went into lockdown, telling students and staff to shelter and stay in place. In a tweet, the college said there was an “active shooting incident near student housing” and the suspect remained at large.
Eduardo Bugay, a student at the college, said he was in his first-floor apartment in the AVA building when he heard the shots.
“At first I was confused,” he said, not sure what he was hearing. Then, he said, he got scared.
Bugay said the university sent emails telling students to stay in place. About 30 to 40 minutes after he first heard the gunshots, police came knocking on his door to escort him and others from the building.
A slew of law enforcement officials and emergency crews were sent to the scene. Agents from the FBI arrived in an armored vehicle and the U.S. Secret Service said its officers were aiding police in the search and at the scene. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said its agents were also assisting in the investigation.
Meanwhile, an event like this in Southeast is called “Friday” and the police insist you get out here, clean up the shattered glass from your shot up ride, and move it out of its metered space because you can’t extend your time in the same space.
I’m going to hold my comments on what I think this is, but I’m pretty sure I’m gonna be right.
Guessing gang banger, or another FBI secret squirrel op gone wrong
Cultural mutual combat?
Don’t they need professionals on the job? Someone call the Azov Battalion!
They’re kinda busy right now. Some thug name of putin decided to be a largish as*hole and act out.
Fake news. Guns are illegal in Washington D.C.
Gotta get some common sense fake news control.
I guess someone got lost heading to Southeast DC. It’s also possible that some Congress critter didn’t think the campaign contributions were big enough and had a meltdown.
This seems like a major overreaction if it’s just three randos that got shot.
Law Enforcement has to hurry up and arrest who ever it was. So some liberal democrat Prosecutor can let them go on little or No Bail. Hopefully the Feds will take the case, because at least around here they haven’t been screwing around with Criminals. They been locking their Asses up for a long time. With extremely long sentences that require an 85% served minimum.
I’m calling it: Fed op or the usual suspects.
Friday Night. Just got paid. Money in my pocket. Sho feels r i g h t…THIS is news???
Why not just fence off DC so they can’t get out and bother Americans?
We say the same about Canberra.
Better yet, a very tall concrete wall and concertina wire …with a moat….and bears! with backpack miniguns.
Suspect Found Dead After Shooting 4, Causing Panic In DC
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2022/04/22/4-shot-northwest-dc-suspect-dead-van-ness/
Secret Service – raids every whorehouse in the cesspool
FBI – Arrests and sends 500 conservatives to Bowser’s gulag.
“The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said its agents were also assisting in the investigation.”
let me finish that for you…
“The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said its agents were also assisting in the investigation desperately trying to seek relevance for their existence.”
Anyone notice the Nation of Islam poster (image of Yakub) on the wall in the apartment? It seems that most media outlets are either shrinking the image to exclude the poster, or they are putting an overlay of a handgun into the image to cover the poster. The shooter was not a white male so this shooting doesn’t go along with the narrative that the media typically pushes. Due to this, this incident will fall off the media quite rapidly, just like the incident with the guy who ran his car through the parade a few months ago. It doesn’t fit the narrative.
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