Roughly nine hours after President Donald Trump declared a public safety emergency in Washington, D.C., and took control of the city's police force, a 33-year-old man was shot and killed in Logan Circle, less than a mile from the White House, officials said.
The killing marked the 100th homicide in Washington, D.C., this year and the first since the Trump administration took over control of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), according to statistics.
"This is an ongoing investigation and further comment would risk hindering law enforcement’s efforts," a White House official told ABC News on Tuesday in response to a request for comment about the killing.
The shooting occurred just after 7 p.m., a little over nine hours after Trump held a White House press conference announcing that he was turning control of MPD over to Attorney General Pam Bondi and also was deploying 800 National Guard troops to help patrol the streets of the nation's capital. Trump said officers from federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, would also assist in the effort to combat crime in the district.
The move has sparked condemnation from some officials who noted a marked decline in crime in the city last year.
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb issued a statement on Monday, saying, “The Administration’s actions are unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful."
"There is no crime emergency in the District of Columbia," Schwalb said. "Violent crime in DC reached historic 30-year lows last year, and is down another 26% so far this year. We are considering all of our options and will do what’s necessary to protect the rights and safety of District residents.”
Homicide less than a mile from the White House
When officers arrived on Tuesday night at the Logan Circle crime scene, they discovered a man suffering from gunshot wounds who was unconscious and not breathing, according to the MPD. The victim, identified as Tymark Wells of northwest D.C., was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 11 p.m., according to police.
No arrests have yet been made in the fatal shooting. A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction the perpetrator.
At a briefing on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said about 850 federal agents fanned out across the city on Monday night, working with MPD officers to make 23 arrests, including ones for firearms offenses, possession with intent to distribute narcotics, fare evasions, lewd acts, stalking, possession of a high-capacity magazine, fleeing in a vehicle to elude police, driving under the influence and reckless driving.
When asked to confirm those statistics, the MPD referred ABC News to Leavitt's comments. Leavitt said an arrest was also made in a homicide. The MPD said the arrest stemmed from a May 20 fatal shooting in southeast D.C. of 16-year-old Dominique Dingle. The suspect in the homicide was identified as 17-year-old Leroy Dixon, who was charged as an adult with second-degree murder while armed, according to the MPD.
Leavitt said the enhanced law enforcement also resulted in six illegal handguns being seized in the city on Monday night.
It was not clear how those statistics compare to prior days this year.
"Over the course of the next month, the Trump administration will relentlessly pursue and arrest every violent criminal in the district who breaks the law, undermines public safety, and endangers law-abiding Americans," Leavitt said. "President Trump will not be deterred by soft-on-crime Democrats and media activists who refuse to acknowledge this rampant violence on our streets."
Crime is 'out of control,' Trump says
During his press conference on Monday, Trump said violent crime in Washington, D.C., has gotten "out of control," despite MPD statistics showing that overall crime in D.C. has decreased by 7% compared to last year, with violent crime down 26% and property crime reduced by 5%.
"We're here for a very serious purpose. Very serious, very," Trump said. "Something's out of control. But we're going to put it in control very quickly, like we did in the southern border. I'm announcing a historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse. This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we're going to take our capital back."
In addition to tackling violent crime, Trump said he would be "removing" the homeless.
"We're going to be removing homeless encampments from all over our parks, our beautiful, beautiful parks, which now a lot of people can't walk on," he said.
"If our capital is dirty, our whole country is dirty and they don't respect us," he said, comparing Washington to other world cities.
DC placed 'under direct federal control'
Trump said he is putting Washington, D.C. police "under direct federal control" -- invoking Section 740 of D.C.'s Home Rule Act, which deals with control of the city's police force. The act allows Trump to take over the police department for 30 days after declaring a public safety emergency, and could extend it if authorized by Congress.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Monday that D.C. will follow Trump's orders, but added that the move underscored the need for the city to make its own decisions and advocated for D.C. statehood. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith said the department will work with federal partners, as it has in the past.
"While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can't say that, given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we're totally surprised," Bowser said.
On Tuesday morning, Bowser and MPD Chief Pam Smith met with Bondi and other senior federal law enforcement leaders to discuss how they will collaborate.
Following the meeting, Bowser and Smith briefed reporters, stressing the collaborative working relationship amid the federal takeover of the MPD and downplaying any drastic changes to police operations throughout the city.
"I think this is going to be a good effort," Smith told reporters. "It's going to be an effort that's supported by both teams of the Metropolitan Police Department as well as our federal partners. As you know, we work daily with them. What we've done at this point is we have provided the team, the administrator, with a strategic plan on how we will provide resources around our city. I think it's something that is doable."
ABC News' Michelle Stoddart and Luke Barr contributed to this report.