1 killed, 5 injured in Washington D.C. shooting

Washington: At least one person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting that took place about 3 km away from the White House here, police said.

The incident took place at around 10 p.m. on Thursday night in the Columbia Road Northwest neighbourhood, reports Xinhua news agency.

A police official told mediapersons on the scene that the victim was a man and the injured included one woman.

Details of the shooter of the motive behind the incident was not immediately known.