Multiple people shot at including police officer in Washington DC

Multiple people including a police officer were shot at a music event on U Street Northwest in Washington DC at a location that is just less than 2 miles from the White House local media reportedMPD Metropolitan Police Department is responding to the situation in the area of 14th and U Street NW for a shooting incident in which multiple people have been shot including an MPD officer Media staging at 15th and U Street NW Chief Contee to provide a media briefing said the DC Police Department in a tweetIn a tweet DC police Union also confirmed that a police officer was shot during the DC shooting We can confirm that one of our members working in the area of 14th and U St NW has been shot The member has been transported to the hospital and is in stable conditionAccording to a local media outlet the shooting took place at or near the site of a Juneteenth music concert called Moechella on 14th and U Street There are unconfirmed reports of more victims being found with one MPD officer being shot in the leg police are asking everyone to avoid the area said local US media on MondayWith increasing incidents of gun violence in the United States President Joe Biden had said that the US needs to ban assault weapons for the sake of protecting children and families or raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21We need to ban assault weapons if we cant then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21 Ban highcapacity magazines Strengthen background checks Enact safe storage laws and red flag laws Repeal gun manufacturers immunity from liability he saidHe further said that this is not about taking away anyones rights Its about protecting children Its about protecting families Its about protecting communities Its about protecting our freedoms to go to school to a grocery store to go to church without being shot and killed he saidThis is not about taking away anyones gunswe believe that we should be treating responsible gun owners as examples of how every gun owner should behave he saidOn May 24 a mass shooting incident took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in Texas in which several people including 19 children were killed This was the deadliest attack since the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland Florida where 17 people were killed according to CNNOn May 31 an elderly woman was killed and two other persons were injured when gunfire erupted at a high school graduation ceremony in New OrleansThe shooting occurred outside the Convocation Center on the campus of Xavier University where graduates of Morris Jeff High School were gathered NBC News reported citing New Orleans policeOn June 1 at least four people were killed in a shooting incident at a hospital campus in Oklahomas Tulsa city CNN reported citing police The shootout incidents in the US have been increasingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever