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One person reported dead, multiple wounded in active shooting in Washington

Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 12. 1 killed, according to 2 outlets.

📍 Washington, US·🕐 28m ago·2 outlets

One person was killed and multiple others wounded on Thursday in an active shooting in Washington, DC, with the shooter barricaded inside a building and personnel in tactical gear arriving on scene, according to local media. The police said the shooter was not yet in custody. DC Council member Brooke Pinto said in a post on X that the shooting took place “at and outside” a VIDA fitness club and that multiple people had been shot. One person who described himself as having witnessed the incident told Reuters that he heard gunshots and saw one man run to another man who had apparently been…

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12 outlets: dawn.com, straitstimes.com· latest Nov 12, 4:21 PM UTC
One person reported dead, multiple wounded in active shooting in Washington ↗
The story so far · 2 reports · · 2 countries✓ Verified Nov 12, 4:21 PM UTC
  1. Nov 12, 3:32 PM UTCFirst report
    One person reported dead, multiple wounded in active shooting in Washington, DCstraitstimes.com ↗
  2. Nov 12, 4:21 PM UTC+49 min· you’re reading this
    One person reported dead, multiple wounded in active shooting in Washingtondawn.com ↗
  3. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 4:21 PM UTC · +49 min
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Thursday active shooting in Washington, DC, with the same death and multiple wounded, and its details (barricaded shooter, tactical police response) are consistent with Report

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Average source trust: 50%; Source tiers represented: national

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One person reported dead, multiple wounded in active shooting in Washington One person was killed and multiple others wounded on Thursday in an active shooting in Washington, DC, with the shooter barricaded inside a building and personnel in tactical gear arriving on scene, according to local media. The police said the shooter was not yet in custody. DC Council member Brooke Pinto said in a post on X that the shooting took place “at and outside” a VIDA fitness club and that multiple people had been shot. One person who described himself as having witnessed the incident told Reuters that he heard gunshots and saw one man run to another man who had apparently been…

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