MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Two uniformed police officers were wounded in a shooting in central Washington, acting D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham told reporters.
"The injuries appear to be non-life threatening. We have a suspect with recent gunshot wounds … We do have a weapon recovered from the scene which we believe to be the suspect’s," he said.
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Sources told NBC News4 that the attacker had been shot and killed.
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Police released only few details of the incident. The shooting occurred in Morse Street at about 10:40 p.m. local time on Thursday, Newsham said, adding it was not known if there had been a foot pursuit.
A number of shootings had taken place across the city in the past few days, the officer admitted, and the D.C. Police Department had been responding to them.
