At least one person died and 20 were injured in a shooting early Sunday morning in Washington DC, according to police.
Six victims were hospitalized, according to station NBC4 Washington, owned by our sister network NBC News. At least one is in danger of losing her life, the researchers confirmed. Others have suffered minor injuries.
NBC4 Washington reports that the person who died is Christopher Brown, 17, according to relatives of his.
Police said the shooting occurred in a “kind of large crowd” of people shortly after 12 am and that there were multiple shooters. At the moment there have been no arrests in connection with this incident.
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Washington DC Police Chief Peter Newsham said the worst injured person is an officer. It is not yet known why she was involved, he added.
A police spokesman told The Washington Post that the type of situation in which the shooting occurred could be defined as a party. NBC Washington added that it could be a block party.
The EFE news agency defines it as a “massive barbecue.” Newsham said it was not an authorized event.
Hundreds of people were at this street party, in violation of public gathering restraining orders established in the city by the coronavirus, according to District of Columbia officials. The mayor Muriel Elizabeth Bowser said Sunday that the police could begin to intervene to prevent these situations.
