The nation's capital went on high alert Monday morning
after a shooting incident at the city's U.S. Navy Yard that caused multiple
casualties — including, according to news reports, federal law enforcement
sources and medical personnel, at least a few deaths.
The first shots were fired around 8:20 a.m. ET in a
building on the grounds of the facility, just minutes later.
Initially, there was word that only a few people had been
injured and that only one gunman was responsible. Among those hurt, according
to reports from emergency personnel, was a police officer who was struck at
least twice.
But at 10:04 a.m. ET, that there had been "reports
of fatalities." It wasn't clear whether the Navy was reporting that there
had been deaths, or that it was just acknowledging that there had been such
reports. Federal law enforcement sources told NPR a short time later that there
had been "multiple fatalities."
Just before 11:45 a.m. ET., Dr. Janis Orlowski of MedStar
Washington Hospital Center said that at her hospital, "we understand that
there are individuals at the scene who will not be transported because they are
deceased."
It also wasn't clear in the first couple hours whether
there may have been more than one attacker. It is now reported that they may have been two shooters. CNN just reported that one of the suspected gunmen is dead
Immediately after the shots were fired, the area around
the Navy Yard in southeast Washington was filled with police and emergency
personnel.
This is a developing story, I’ll let you in on more
details as things progress.
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