Mass shooting blocks from White House, several shot

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(The Center Square) – Several people in Northwest Washington, D.C. were shot Thursday morning, as the area remains on lockdown, as the situation has become a “barricade situation,” according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

The shooting appears to have been centered around a gym in the trendy neighborhood of Logan Circle, as the MPD has issued a shelter-in-place order for the “immediate vicinity,” indicating the situation could be fluid.

The order instructs people in the area to “go inside the nearest building,” and to stay away from windows, until “further notice.”

While the shooting, which took place on the 1500 block of 15^th Street, NW, is blocks away from the White House, it doesn’t appear the executive mansion is included in the shelter-in-place order.

The FBI Washington Field Office confirmed that it is responding to the incident and currently assisting Metropolitan and Metro Transit Police.

This is a developing story.