Shooting in Washington D.C. leaves 3 dead and 2 wounded

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At least three people were killed and two wounded in a shooting in Washington D.C. Authorities are investigating who was responsible for the killings. teleSUR

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00:00 A new incident of violence was recorded in the United States and only three people dead

00:04 and two more injured in Washington, D.C.

00:07 Approximately around 8 p.m. local time, detonations were heard, alerting the security forces who

00:12 upon arrival at the site found five people shot and wounded.

00:16 The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police reported that those killed are two men and a woman.

00:22 Meanwhile, two other males were taken to an assistance center for medical attention.

00:28 Officers stated that they have begun investigations to determine who was responsible for those

00:32 killings.

00:40 We are here again tonight on the scene of another senseless act of violence.

00:47 At approximately 8 o'clock p.m. tonight, our officers responded to the sounds of gunshot

00:51 here in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road Southeast.

00:56 When the officers arrived, they found five individuals who were injured by gunfire.

01:03 Four of those individuals were males, one is a female.

01:07 Three were pronounced on the scene and two were transported to local area hospitals.

01:14 What I have to say tonight is this is very disturbing, very, very disturbing.

01:19 And we're asking you, the community, to please provide us with any information that you may

01:25 have with regards to this incident tonight.

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