MULTIPLE people have been hospitalized after a mass stabbing in Washington DC.
Police swarmed the scene and have closed multiple blocks less than two miles from the US Capitol.
“We have units on the scene of a stabbing incident involving multiple victims,” police confirmed to The U.S. Sun.
Seven people were taken to the hospital, local ABC affiliate WJLA reported.
One person has been arrested, DC Metropolitan Police confirmed.
The stabbing took place in the Northeast Washington, just blocks from the National Arboretum, Mount Olivet Cemetery, and Gallaudet University.
The Metropolitan Police Department posted about a “stabbing investigation” that is currently ongoing on Montello Avenue and Simms Place NE.
Live footage from the crime scene shows caution tape lining the street with police officers crowding the area.
Onlookers can be seen standing around the scene and talking with police officers.
Emergency services also surround the scene with a gurney on the street corner.
