Shooting in Washington Leaves 2 Dead, 5 Injured

Shooting in Washington Leaves 2 Dead, 5 Injured
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WASHINGTON—Two people have been killed and five others injured in a shooting in the nation’s capital early Sunday.

Police were looking for a single gunman after the seven people were shot around 3 a.m. in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington. The five people who were injured were all taken to local hospitals, said Jeffrey Carroll, the executive assistant chief of the Metropolitan Police Department. All of the victims are adults, he said.