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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Andrew Buncombe

Washingtons DCs Union Station evacuated after reports of a shooting

People running from Union Station ()
pWashington DC’s Union Station was evacuated on Friday after reports of a shooting./p pA heavy police presence was reported around the station, although there were no immediately reports of injuries./ppA spokesman for the Washington DC police said one person had been shot and one had been stabbed, according to the emAssociated Press/em. /pp /p script charset=utf-8 src=//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js/script blockquote class=twitter-tweet lang=enp dir=ltr lang=enUnion Station - Police activity inside Amtrak portion of station is not affecting Metro ops. Red Line service operating normally a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/wmata?src=hash#wmata/a/p— Metro Transit Police (@MetroTransitPD) a href=https://twitter.com/MetroTransitPD/status/642384571057709056September 11, 2015/a/blockquote script charset=utf-8 src=//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js/script p“Due to police activity, remain clear of the area near Union Station,” according to a statement by the Senate Sergeant at Arms. /p p“Please avoid this area until further notice.”/p
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