Washington, D.C
3 injured in D.C. train station shooting; suspects at large
Dec. 8 (UPI) — Three individuals have been injured Thursday morning in a capturing at a Washington D.C., prepare station and three suspects stay at massive.
One of many victims, described as a teen male by Metro Transit Police, suffered life-threatening accidents from a gunshot wound in his thigh.
A 34-year-old lady and 15-year-old teen male sitting at a close-by bench additionally have been hit with stray bullets to their decrease our bodies. Their accidents weren’t life threatening, police mentioned.
The capturing occurred on the Benning Street Metro station within the Benning Ridge neighborhood in northeast Washington. An altercation broke out between the three suspects, believed to be minors, and the 15-year-old sufferer who suffered life-threatening accidents. One of many three suspects opened hearth earlier than the three fled, police mentioned.
D.C. Police Sixth District Commander Darnel Robinson mentioned solely one of many suspects was seen pulling a weapon, and it’s unknown if the opposite two have been armed.
Trains on the circuit didn’t cease on the Benning Street station whereas the incident was being investigated, NBC 4 Washington reported.
Lower than 24 hours earlier than this capturing, there was one other capturing in Washington D.C., which occurred on the Purple Line platform on the Metro Heart subway station. An off-duty FBI particular agent fatally shot one other man throughout an altercation.
The reason for the combat just isn’t but identified, however throughout its course one of many males threw the opposite over a aspect wall, inflicting them to fall about 8 ft. Sooner or later after this, the FBI agent fired his gun, killing the opposite man. Witnesses mentioned they heard a number of gunshots.
Ashan Benedict, government assistant chief of police on the Metropolitan Police Division, mentioned the FBI agent doesn’t seem to have been the one who began the combat. He was taken to a close-by hospital for accidents suffered from a fall.