
An unidentified gunman opened fire in northwest Washington, the county police said on Twitter.
The injured included two men and a minor girl. Their condition is not specified.
According to police, the shooting occurred at 2900 block of Van Ness Street. Based on the maps, the building is next to the Howard Law School. Embassies of the Netherlands, Jordan, Ethiopia, Morocco, Bangladesh, Israel, Pakistan, Singapore, Nigeria, Malaysia, Brunei, Egypt and Austria are located in the neighboring quarter.
A police spokesman told RIA Novosti that the incident was in a "very active phase." The agency correspondent reported a traffic jam near the scene and helicopters in the sky. The CBS News broadcast shows that at least 20 police cars arrived in the area of the incident.
Two people died and nine were injured during the shooting in the US Society
On April 13, around 08:30 local time, the shooting occurred at the 36th Street station in the New York subway. 23 people were injured.
On the same day, the police detained a black 62-year-old Frank James. He was tracked down by analyzing the data of his travel card, which was linked to a credit card. Brooklyn Attorney Brion Peace charged the man with violating anti-terrorism laws and violently assaulting transportation infrastructure. He faces a life sentence.
New York Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell noted that Jame has long been known to law enforcement in Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York City. Between 1992 and 1998, he was arrested nine times in New York and three times in New Jersey. When shooting on the subway, he used a weapon that he bought in 2011 in Ohio.
Several people were injured in a shooting at a shopping center in the United States Society
On April 16, the shooting took place at the Columbia Mall in the US state of South Carolina. The next day, two minors were killed and nine others injured in a shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during a house party attended by more than 200 people. Up to 50 shots were fired inside the building.
On the same day, an unidentified gunman fired at a restaurant in Hampton County in the town of Furman, South Carolina. At this time, the institution was hosting an Easter party. Nine people were injured.