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Panic at Capital Pride Parade in DC over active shooter scare

By Kimberly Leonard, Daniel Chaitin
Published June 9, 2019 12:03am ET
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Panic at Capital Pride Parade in DC over active shooter scare
Marchers unfurl a huge rainbow flag as they prepare to march in the Equality March for Unity and Pride in D.C., June 11, 2017. | (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Police arrested one man and seized one gun at the Capital Pride Parade in Washington, D.C., after rumors of an active shooter sparked mass panic and people running for cover at around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.

No shots were fired, but Cmdr. Guillermo Rivera of the Metropolitan Police said seven people were taken to the hospital after being injured in the throngs of people running away from the incident. Others were treated on the scene.

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