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The African American Civil War Memorial—the monument that sits just outside the 10th Street NW entrance of the U Street Metro station—was damaged by gunfire early this morning.

WJLA reports that parts of the memorial—located at 1925 Vermont Avenue NW—were hit and damaged by gunfire just before 1 a.m. this morning after two men engaged in a shootout. Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham said in an email to NBC4 that “as many as seven shots were fired between two people just outside the entrance of the U Street Metro station around 5 a.m.”

No injuries were reported, and there’s no word on the identity of the shooters. A request for comment from the U.S. Park Police was not immediately returned.

Update: The Post reports that the shooting occurred at about 9:30 p.m. yesterday (MPD and Park Police have not returned my calls to confirm), and that the “granite plaza in front of the museum’s Metro station was littered with spent shell casings and two glass panels at the bus stop at U Street and Vermont Avenue in Northwest were shattered.”

Speaking with the Post, Frank Smith, the director of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum said that police told him “more than 60 shots were fired.” Other witnesses who live near the plaza said that the shootout occurred between some youths hanging out around the plaza and others in a car on U Street. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is still ongoing.

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