• At least four people have been shot in Washington, DC’s Logan Circle neighborhood, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
• The situation is still active, and a shelter-in-place order is currently in effect for large portions of Dupont Circle and Logan Circle as law enforcement works to secure the area, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the situation.
Police helicopters are circling overhead in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC, about a mile from the White House, as officers blocks streets for several blocks.
“There’s an active shooter,” a police officer screamed at pedestrians on their morning commute to work.
The heavy police presence was on 15th Street, with streets blocked off for several surrounding blocks. Dozens and dozens of police vehicles have descended on the scene.
At least four people were shot on Thursday morning in what police are describing as an “active” scene in Washington, DC’s Logan Circle neighborhood, police have said.
Authorities are asking people to avoid the area near 15th St. NW and P St. NW.
The DC Metro Police Department’s Emergency Response Team is responding.
