Police said there were at least three victims in a shooting near a prep school and law school in Washington, D.C., on Friday afternoon.
The conditions of the injured were not available. The victims were described as two men and a girl, according the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.
Authorities told people near the 2900 block of Van Ness Street, NW, not far from Embassy Row and the Van Ness neighborhood, to shelter in place.
Police swarmed the street, which is adjacent to both the Burke prep school, home to students in grades 6-12, and to Howard University School of Law.
Officers were seen on the NBC Washington livestream coverage escorting someone who appeared to be in custody.
Earlier, NBC Washington photojournalist Tarik Warner was in the area to pick his daughter up from Edmund Burke School, which was about to wrap up for the day.
“I can confirm, I saw with my own eyes — I saw a child being carried away,” he said.
At least a half-dozen ambulances were at the scene of the afternoon gunfire. What appeared to be security footage of buildings in the area captured the sound of multiple bursts of gunfire.
Social media lit up with reports of gunfire in the community shortly before 4 p.m.
Metro police said they were conducting sweeps of the area. The FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives both said they were sending personnel to the scene.
Students took shelter in nearby businesses, including a liquor store, according to NBC Washington. Officers in ballistic vests and helmets were seen escorting people from the area.
Police did not say the campuses were directly involved in the gunfire. Video from NBC Washington showed the window of a building shot out.
As the activity continued into early evening, officers appeared to focus on a residential high rise between those two campuses called Ava Van Ness, according to the station.
Officers were seen in the area with guns drawn.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Janhvi Bhojwani , Cristian Santana and Michelle Acevedo contributed.
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