- Among those who witnessed Thursday night’s shooting was CNN presenter Jim Acosta
A gunman has opened fire outside a restaurant in an upscale area of Washington DC, about a mile (1.5km) from the White House.
Diners at outside tables ran for cover as more than 20 shots were fired.
Witnesses said the gunman fled by car, after shooting towards a Mexican restaurant in the Logan Circle area.
According to Washington DC crime statistics, the rate of assaults committed with a gun has risen each year since 2018. So far, 471 assaults with a gun have been reported in 2021. This time last year, there had been 434.
However, most of the gun violence in Washington is concentrated in poorer parts of the city, in the South East and North East districts.
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Among those who witnessed Thursday night’s shooting was CNN presenter Jim Acosta.
“Just hear[d] what sounded like gun shots on 14th street in NW DC. People fleeing the popular Le Diplomate restaurant which seemed a few blocks away,” he tweeted.
Jess Davidson, 27, was in the Mexican restaurant when the gunfire broke out.
“It’s terrifying,” she told the BBC. “I thought I was going to die.
“It’s something that you always fear, living in the US, but nothing can prepare you for that moment,” said Ms Davidson. “It’s incredibly angering – people feel the way that I do every single day, when they’re in shopping malls, baseball games, movie theatres, schools.”
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