Two people were shot at about 3:15 p.m. outside the Columbia Heights Metro station. At least one male is reported to have been shot three times and in critical condition, though FOX 5 is reporting that both victims were shot in the legs. The shooting is reported to have taken place near the corner of 14th & Irving Streets NW, though the incident may have begun slightly south of the Metro station, in the 3000 block of 14th Street NW. Many rounds appear to have been fired in the shooting, and details are still scant. Police have blocked off 14th Street and Irving Street in both directions, and the south entrance to the Metro station is currently closed. Avoid the area for the time being if at all possible.

UPDATE: We hear Metrobus route numbers 52, 53, 54, H2, H4 and H8, as well as the Woodley Park/McPherson Square Circulator, are being rerouted around the area.

City Desk is reporting that the shooting stemmed from an argument between two people that began on a Metro train, escalating until one of the two shot the other, along with a bystander.

WJLA places the bullets flying right outside Five Guys, only feet from the Metro station entrance.

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