<p>Police hunted for two suspects believed to be armed with an assault rifle on Friday after one person was killed and five were wounded in a shooting on the streets of Washington, D.C., about two miles (three km) from the White House.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The victims had been standing in an apartment building courtyard in Washington's Columbia Heights neighborhood when the drive-by shooting took place on Thursday night, Metropolitan Police commander Stuart Emerman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One man was killed and two of the five wounded were in critical condition, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two suspects were seen in a Nissan sedan and used an "AK style rifle", police said in statement. The incident was now over, it added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Detectives are interviewing witnesses and looking for camera footage," Emerman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">ABC affiliate WJLA-TV showed ambulances carrying victims from the scene and said there had been a massive police response at the intersection of 14th Street and Columbia Road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With mass shootings and gun violence a regular feature of American life, controversy over the use of assault rifles has entered the 2020 presidential race, with candidate and former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke declaring at a Democratic debate that he would confiscate such rifles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">O'Rourke has made gun safety the centerpiece of his campaign since late August, when his hometown of El Paso, Texas, was the site of a racially motivated mass shooting that killed 22 people inside a Walmart store.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the gun debate has long been divisive in U.S. politics and many Republicans and the powerful gun lobby the National Rifle Association resist further restrictions on gun ownership.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Republican Vice President Mike Pence has decried the gun-control stance and accused the Democrats as having a "radical agenda"</p>
<p>Police hunted for two suspects believed to be armed with an assault rifle on Friday after one person was killed and five were wounded in a shooting on the streets of Washington, D.C., about two miles (three km) from the White House.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The victims had been standing in an apartment building courtyard in Washington's Columbia Heights neighborhood when the drive-by shooting took place on Thursday night, Metropolitan Police commander Stuart Emerman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One man was killed and two of the five wounded were in critical condition, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two suspects were seen in a Nissan sedan and used an "AK style rifle", police said in statement. The incident was now over, it added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Detectives are interviewing witnesses and looking for camera footage," Emerman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">ABC affiliate WJLA-TV showed ambulances carrying victims from the scene and said there had been a massive police response at the intersection of 14th Street and Columbia Road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With mass shootings and gun violence a regular feature of American life, controversy over the use of assault rifles has entered the 2020 presidential race, with candidate and former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke declaring at a Democratic debate that he would confiscate such rifles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">O'Rourke has made gun safety the centerpiece of his campaign since late August, when his hometown of El Paso, Texas, was the site of a racially motivated mass shooting that killed 22 people inside a Walmart store.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the gun debate has long been divisive in U.S. politics and many Republicans and the powerful gun lobby the National Rifle Association resist further restrictions on gun ownership.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Republican Vice President Mike Pence has decried the gun-control stance and accused the Democrats as having a "radical agenda"</p>