
华盛顿 —— 警方正在应对11月12日发生在华盛顿市中心的一起枪击案,现场距离白宫约1.6公里,一名地方官员表示,一家健身中心内有“多人”中枪。
WASHINGTON – The police are responding to a shooting in downtown Washington, about 1.6km from the White House, on Nov 12 as a local official said “multiple people” were shot at a fitness centre.
华盛顿警方在X平台上表示,其应急响应小组已赶赴首都洛根圆环地区的“正在发生的枪击案”现场。
The Washington police department said on X that its emergency response team was on the scene of the “active shooting” in the Logan Circle area of the nation’s capital.
华盛顿市议会成员布鲁克·平托表示,枪击发生在一家健身中心内部及室外,“多人”遭到枪击。她说警方正在搜寻嫌疑人。
Brooke Pinto, a member of the D.C. City Council, said the shooting occurred at and outside a fitness centre and “multiple people” had been shot. She said the police were looking for a suspect.
当局呼吁居民避开枪击发生区域,案发时正值早高峰繁忙时段,引发大规模警力部署。可以看到多个执法机构紧急赶往枪击现场。
Residents were urged to avoid the area of the shooting, which occurred during the busy morning rush hour and sparked a massive police response. Multiple law enforcement agencies could be seen rushing to the scene of the shooting.
《华盛顿太阳报》援引VIDA Fitness健身房一名会员的话报道称,事发时他正在设施内的跑步机上跑步。
The Washington Sun quoted a member of the VIDA Fitness gym as saying that he was on a treadmill at the facility when the shooting began.
迈克尔·卡尼说,他听到一声“砰”,随后看到健身房地板上躺着一名头部中枪的人。“每个人都躲在花盆和其他东西后面,”卡尼告诉《太阳报》。
Michael Carney said he heard a “pop” and then saw someone on the gym floor who had been shot in the head. “Everyone was kind of just hiding behind planters and stuff,” Carney told The Sun.