A D.C. police officer responding to a name about doable home violence shot and injured a person Friday evening who officers stated refused to drop a firearm throughout a chase in Southeast Washington, in keeping with an assistant police chief.
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Officer shoots man in Southeast D.C. after domestic violence call, police say
Andre Wright, an assistant police chief, told reporters at a news conference the incident started shortly after 7 p.m., when officers responded to a name for a person with a gun beating a lady inside a residence within the 1900 block of Savannah Avenue SE.
Wright stated arriving officers noticed a person outdoors matching the outline of the reported assailant. Police stated officers chased the person about three blocks to an space behind a row of townhouses within the 1900 block of Mississippi Avenue SE.
Wright stated the person “displayed a firearm.” He stated an “officer gave a number of, a number of instructions for this similar particular person to drop the firearm. This particular person didn’t comply.”
Wright stated the officer fired his department-issued gun as soon as, putting the person.
The assistant chief stated the person nonetheless didn’t drop the firearm, and the officer repeated instructions to place down the gun.
“He wouldn’t drop the firearm,” Wright stated.
Wright stated the officer fired a second time, once more putting the person. He spoke to reporters after police officers watched video from the officer’s physique digicam. He stated it stays beneath investigation whether or not the person pointed the gun at police.
“Clearly, the officer felt he was at risk,” the assistant chief stated.
Wright stated the lady concerned within the dispute that drew the preliminary police response had been “brutally assaulted” and acquired medical consideration, although she was not hospitalized.