Several people, including a police officer, were shot at in Washington DC reportedly near the site of Juneteenth music concert. Multiple people were shot at a music event on U Street Northwest in Washington, DC, at a location that is just less than 2 miles from the White House. The hunt for the suspect is on.
According to a Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson, several people were shot, including one police officer, during a shooting on U Street.
In a video from the scene of the shooting, officials can be seen assisting multiple people who are lying on the street.
The shooting took place at Moechella, an “Advocacy Festival Amplifying the Culture of Washington DC.”
DC Police department said in a tweet, “MPD is responding to the area of 14th and U Street, NW, for a shooting incident in which multiple people have been shot, including an MPD officer. Media staging at 15th and U Street, NW. Chief Contee to provide a media briefing.” (sic)
MPD is responding to the area of 14th and U Street, NW, for a shooting incident in which multiple people have been shot, including an MPD officer. Media staging at 15th and U Street, NW. Chief Contee to provide a media briefing.
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) June 20, 2022
DC Police Union in a tweet confirmed 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,” it said in a tweet.
Chief Contee and city officials provide an update regarding a shooting with multiple victims shot, including an MPD officer, that occurred this evening in the area of 14th and U Street, NW. https://t.co/j2w5yXqvPZ
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) June 20, 2022
US MASS SHOOTINGS
In the wake of the increasing gun violence in the United States, US 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 guns from 18 to 21 years.
“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 had said.
On June 17, one person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting at a church in Alabama city. The shooting occurred at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills, Police Capt.
Earlier this month, shootings in three American cities killed nine people and wounded two dozen people. A man armed with a rifle and handgun opened fire on June 2 inside a medical building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in which four people were killed.
An elderly woman was killed and two other people were injured when gunfire erupted at a high school graduation ceremony in New Orleans on May 31.
On May 24, a mass shooting incident took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in Texas in which several people, including 19 children, were killed. This was the deadliest attack since the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed.