WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — Nine people were injured and three suspects were arrested after a mass shooting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday evening, officials said.

The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department said officers responded to the 4000 block of South Capitol Street SE after a 911 call came in at 7.27 p.m. local time. At around the same time, a shooting was reported several blocks away.

“When the ladder truck from the closest station, that had a paramedic on board, arrived at the scene, they found a very chaotic situation,” a spokesman for the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services said. “Numerous victims, all apparent gunshot wounds. Additional resources, EMS crews and others, were called to the scene.”

Eight of the victims were found at the South Capitol Street SE shooting scene, while a ninth victim was found in the 1st block of Galveston Street. Five of the injured were suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds, while three others sustained moderate injuries. All of the shooting victims, except one teen, were in their 20s and 30s.

Earlier, a spokesman for the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services confirmed that one person had been killed in the shootings. A spokesman for the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department strongly denied that. “When we have a homicide, we will let you know,” he said.

Three males were arrested after the shootings, the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed. It was not immediately clear where or when they were arrested.

NBC Washington reported that an AK47-type weapon was reportedly thrown from a green Sedan that police chased through parts of D.C. and across the Prince George’s County line. Four police officers were said to have been injured in a crash during that pursuit.

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