April 18, 2023
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Secret Service probes gunshot near VP residence

Roads around the intersection are temporarily closed due to the ongoing investigation…reports Asian Lite News

The US Secret Service is investigating a gunshot on Monday morning near the Vice President’s residence in Washington, D.C.

Secret Service spokesman Paul Mayhair said in a statement that officers responded to reports of a single gunshot at 34th and Massachusetts Ave., Northwest Washington, D.C., around 1:30 a.m. ET, Xinhua news agency reported.

There were no reported injuries, and there is currently no indication the incident was directed toward any protectees or the Naval Observatory, the official residence of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, according to the statement.

Roads around the intersection are temporarily closed due to the ongoing investigation, the statement added.

Neither Harris nor her husband were staying at the Naval Observatory at the time of the incident. Both spent the weekend in Los Angeles, California, where Harris will remain on Monday.

Meanwhile, at least four people were killed and several injured in a shooting in the US’ Alabama state on Saturday night, media reports said.

The shooting occurred at a birthday party in the city of Dadeville in eastern Alabama, the BBC reported.

The shooting occurred at the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio at a 16th birthday party and most of the victims were teenagers, it said.

“This morning, I grieve with the people of Dadeville and my fellow Alabamians. Violent crime has NO place in our state, and we are staying closely updated by law enforcement as details emerge”, Governor Kay Ivey said in a tweet.

Last week, President Joe Biden demanded Congress pass gun control measures as he tweeted on Monday: “Too many Americans are paying for the price of inaction with their lives.”

This was after a gunman livestreamed a mass shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, which led to the deaths of five people, with eight others injured, authorities said.

The perpetrator, who was identified as Old National Bank employee Connor Sturgeon (25), was killed by the police after a shootout following the mass shooting on Monday

He used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle during the incident and was broadcasting the shooting online on Instagram.

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