BREAKING: Multiple people, including a Metropolitan D.C. Police Officer, have been shot at a Juneteenth around the 14th Street Corridor.
The Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department said in a tweet Sunday evening that law enforcement was responding to the area of 14th and U Street, NW,"for a shooting incident in which multiple people have been shot."The department did not provide any details on the condition of those struck by bullets in the popular D.C. neighborhood.
The D.C. Police Union confirmed news of an officer being shot, tweeting that:"The member has been transported to the hospital and is in stable condition."Attendees of the Juneteenth event, called"Moechella," began posting on social media in the early evening hours about being caught in a stampede, with scores of Twitter users alleging they had been trampled.
Shortly after, videos on social media showed the packed cross street erupt in chaos after bullets could be heard.
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