An armed man opened fire in the Logan Circle neighborhood in downtown Washington, targeting at least four civilians.
The situation is still unfolding, and according to a law enforcement official briefed on the matter, a stay-at-home order is currently in effect for large parts of the Dupont Circle and Logan Circle areas, as reported by CNN. According to the same reports, the gunman has barricaded himself inside an apartment.
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Authorities are working to secure the area. Helicopters are flying over the neighborhood, which is located 1.5 kilometers from the White House. “There’s a gunman,” a police officer shouted to pedestrians heading to work this morning.
Residents of apartments above the “Vida Gym” at Logan Circle evacuated their building when the alarm went off around 8:30 a.m. local time, believing it was a fire drill, until they heard gunshots echoing through the Washington neighborhood. “From that moment on, we started running,” resident Max Smith told WUSA, a CNN affiliate.
About 10 people took refuge in a nearby coffee shop, Smith said, and hid in the restroom. “I’m very shaken,” Smith said. “You don’t expect something like this,” he added.
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