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Shots fired near White House: Report
Saturday November 12, 2011 10:32:08 AM, Arun
Kumar,
IANS
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Washington: A shooting
incident involving a police chase near the White House has closed
streets in the US capital of Washington, according to media
reports.
Shots were reportedly fired Friday night between the White House
and the Washington Monument, setting off a flurry of law
enforcement activity, CNN reported citing a US Park Police
spokesman.
The incident was reported shortly after 9 p.m., said Sergeant
David Schlosser, spokesman for the Park Police. Responding
officers found an abandoned vehicle in the vicinity of the
reported incident and were searching it "trying to figure out what
happened".
Schlosser said "no evidence" has been recovered to indicate shots
were actually fired.
The Huffington Post said shots were fired between two cars on
Constitution Avenue in an area adjacent to the Ellipse and
Washington Monument.
It cited a law enforcement source as saying that the Secret
Service saw the incident and put out a description on the two
vehicles. One of the cars was abandoned at 23rd Street North West
and Constitution Avenue, near the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge and
the State Department.
An AK-47 was recovered at the scene. Witnesses also reported
seeing someone running across the Roosevelt Bridge.
The source cited by the Huffington Post does not believe the shots
were directed at the White House, speculating that it was probably
an issue between the two vehicles.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama reportedly
were not in Washington Friday night, but in California.
(Arun Kumar can
be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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