At least four people have been shot in Washington's Logan Circle neighborhood, about a mile from the White House. An unidentified man opened fire and then barricaded himself inside an apartment building near the scene, according to multiple CNN law enforcement sources, infohub.kz reports.
Washington police are treating the situation as an active shooter incident. A shelter-in-place order has been issued for much of the Dupont Circle and Logan Circle areas as law enforcement works to secure the neighborhood.
Journalists at the scene report a heavy police presence in the Logan Circle block, with information still coming in and being verified.
Reports on the number of victims vary: while Washington police say at least four people were wounded, one U.S. television network, citing police, mentioned at least five people with gunshot wounds. No official confirmation of these figures was available at the time of publication.
The cordoned-off area in the center of the U.S. capital, in close proximity to the White House complex, remains closed, and the circumstances of the shooting and the suspect's identity are being established.