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It was actually just two people... the guard and the gunman. A third person was cut on broken glass somehow.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Gunfire at the entrance of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum wounded at least two people Wednesday, emergency officials said.
Gunfire was reported near the Holocaust Museum in Washington on Wednesday.

Gunfire was reported near the Holocaust Museum in Washington on Wednesday.
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A private security guard and the shooting suspect were wounded, according to officials of the D.C. police.

Sgt. David Schlosser, a spokesman for U.S. Park Police, told reporters a man armed with a "long gun" entered the museum at 12:50 p.m. and fired at a security officer, and both were wounded in the exchange of gunfire.

"My understanding is that two other security officers at the museum returned gunfire at the man that had entered the museum," Schlosser said.

Schlosser said he didn't know exactly what kind of firearm the man had and whether the shooting was before or after he passed through a metal detector.

He said the security guard that was initially shot and the gunman have been transported to George Washington University Hospital and he didn't know their conditions.

Emergency vehicles converged on the scene near the National Mall. Video Watch emergency vehicles mass outside museum »

A witness, who identified herself as Maria without providing a last name, told CNN she heard five shots and saw a security guard lying wounded on the ground.

"It was definitely a security guard, he was down bleeding on the floor," she said. "He was face down. His back ... blood was coming out."

Dave Pearson, a 6th grade teacher in the Washington area, said he was on the museum's fourth floor when he heard a loud noise.

"At the time, we're visiting and all of a sudden there's like a boom, and all of a sudden they told us to stop where we're at," he told CNN's Ed Henry.

"Only thing we heard was a boom, and that was it." Video Watch another museum visitor tell what he saw »

A woman who did not give her name said that she understood the shooting happened inside the museum near the security checkpoint at the entrance.
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She said she was quickly evacuated.

"We did see yellow tape down the hall when we were being rushed out," she said. "They came in and said we had to leave right away and they got us out."