India, June 1 -- The Washington D.C. Police Department has confirmed that reports of a shooting at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park on Saturday evening were false.

"There is NO active shooter or threat at the National Zoo. Officers are investigating a report of a fight between two adults," police said in a post on X.

Earlier in the evening, several witnesses took to social media claiming there was an active shooter on zoo grounds. Some reported hearing gunshots and seeing people running in panic.

"Currently at the Smithsonian National Zoo in DC where there is an active shooter on the premises. Police are here, the shooter is still believed to be active. Currently herded into the visitor center," one witness wrote on X.

Another...