Shooting, double stabbing in Dupont Circle amid Pride events

A shooting and a double stabbing are under investigation in the Dupont Circle neighborhood amid WorldPride DC festivities in the area.

The violence follows a week of back-and-forth about whether Dupont Circle Park would remain open for this weekend's Pride events. Dupont Circle Park is a popular gathering place following Pride events.

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A man was shot in the foot in the 1300 block of 19^th Street NW Saturday evening.

The 19^th Street entrance to the Dupont Circle Metro Station was closed for the investigation, Metro said. The Q Street entrance remained open.

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Video shows people frantically rushing toward, through and over the faregates in the Dupont Circle Metro Station after the shooting.

Just a short time before the shooting, two men were stabbed around the corner at Massachusetts Avenue and Dupont Circle. The victims’ conditions are unknown.

Dupont Circle at Connecticut Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, New Hampshire Avenue, 19th Street, 20th Street and P Street were closed off.

Metro service had been restored to normal by 10 p.m.

The circumstances of the shooting and stabbings is unknown. It's unclear if they are related.

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The decision to close Dupont Circle park first was announced by the National Park Service, saying the decision was made at the request of D.C. police and U.S. Park Police. After significant backlash from D.C. residents and community leaders, D.C.'s police chief rescinded the closure request, but Park Police requested the closure remain in place.

NPS and Park Police pointed to what they called disruptive and disorderly behavior at Dupont Circle Park during Pride in past years.

Then, 8-foot-high fencing was erected around the park late Thursday, only to be taken down Saturday morning before the Pride Parade.

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