‘Sea of Cops’ After a Shooting in Washington D.C., Large Crowds, ‘Riot-Like’ Atmosphere Reported
Seeing some weird reports on Twitter about a shooting:
Huge police presence at 7th and P and O NW in DC–not near any govt building. Appears to have been an accident pic.twitter.com/SFwaqFzJe4
— David Wertime (@dwertime) April 19, 2015
Police w/ megaphones ordering people around on the streets. A bunch of ppl standing on the block of 7th btwn O and P. #shawdc what's up?
— Reyna Abigale Levine (@mediamiz) April 19, 2015
Thiss is happening on my block right now at 7th and O street NW #dc #shawdc – stop the violence https://t.co/fhE9F4Lw14
— Reyna Abigale Levine (@mediamiz) April 19, 2015
Police-copter circling overhead, we heard 2 loud popping sounds (explosions? gunshots?) then saw flood of people running out of housing area
— Dakota Fine (@dakotafine) April 19, 2015
Riot-like atmosphere at 7th and O NW right now. Hundreds of unsettled witnesses, cops have the block locked down. @PoPville @washingtonpost
— Dakota Fine (@dakotafine) April 19, 2015
Watching from above 7th and O. The scene after 5 cops carried injured young black man down the street. pic.twitter.com/2LwXFB1Sk5
— spillary (@queuetheboom) April 19, 2015
Watching a sea of cops from above 7th and O NW, after shots heard, cops carried a body down the street and huge crowds followed.
— spillary (@queuetheboom) April 19, 2015
A man was shot in the Shaw neighborhood and residents and officers alike are confused pic.twitter.com/IKBOaEMfk7
— R Johnson (@blaquehuman) April 19, 2015
7th & O Sts NW, police calling for BACKUP, lge crowd, surrounding police van, need help from adjacent patrol districts. Injuries and arrest.
— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) April 19, 2015
Parade of cop cars zooming down 7th st. Something major going down in Shaw. @PoPville
— Adam Blickstein (@AdamBlickstein) April 19, 2015
Shooting, arrest & chaos in Shaw neighborhood pic.twitter.com/Bb2bl7TBCu
— R Johnson (@blaquehuman) April 19, 2015
Chaos at 7th and P. Some police are starting to clear out @PoPville pic.twitter.com/2BVxvWtUZk
— Adrienne Izzo (@bostoniangal) April 19, 2015
Major police presence on 7th street in #shaw unclear what happened at this point
— PoPville (@PoPville) April 19, 2015
@PoPville amazing number of cop cars going down 7th from Florida/u. Seems like the entire district worth of cars
— Jason Rano (@jayrano) April 19, 2015
Talk about #police presence. Serious shooting on my block in @ShawDC #shawdc right now: pic.twitter.com/KtFS33pBHn
— Reyna Abigale Levine (@mediamiz) April 19, 2015
Police w/ megaphones ordering people around on the streets. A bunch of ppl standing on the block of 7th btwn O and P. #shawdc what's up?
— Reyna Abigale Levine (@mediamiz) April 19, 2015
After about 15 min police now appear to be leaving. Choppers still circling overhead. Officer I asked said she did not know what's happening
— David Wertime (@dwertime) April 19, 2015
I’ll have more details as they are available.
