Multiple people were hit in a shooting incident in Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C., Washington Post reported. The publication added that at least two were in critical condition. Reuters reported at least one casualty and five injuries, adding that it was not an "active shooter" situation. The incident was reported on Thursday night, around 10pm eastern time.

Shooting incidents in the US have risen up in the past years. At least five persons were killed and 21 injured in Texas as a shooter targeted random people after being pulled over by traffic officials on September 1. The incident happened in the area of Odessa and nearby Midland and police said the gunman was shot dead at the Cinergy movie theatre after a chase.

The mass shooting incident happened nearly a month after a gunman killed 22 people and injured over two dozen as he opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso in the far western part of the state. The gunman in that shooting was arrested and charged. Firearms caused nearly 40,000 deaths in the US in 2017, which was highest in 50 years, according to official data.

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