DC Executive Assistant Chief of Police Ashan M. Benedict said the person who was shot attacked the agent and the two got into an altercation. He said one grabbed the other and rolled down a wall that ran along the edge of the platform away from the tracks. They fell about eight feet, he said.
Benedict said agents fired their guns at some point during the struggle. The deputy chief declined to say whether the man who was shot had a weapon, but said investigators were still processing the scene at 8:15 p.m. and that another firearm had not been recovered. rice field.
Police said an unidentified agent, whom Benedict described as a “veteran”, suffered minor injuries.
The FBI issued a statement saying it “takes shooting incidents involving our agents and task force members seriously.” I am investigating for the FBI said The inspection department is also investigating the background of the filming.
Metro temporarily suspended service on the Red Line, eventually It closed the station and diverted commuters to other nearby stations.
Megan Gamble was on a Red Line train when it heard gunshots and arrived at the Metro Center. “Everyone on the train hit the ground,” she wrote on Twitter, adding that “the train didn’t stop and went right through.”
Gamble said in a message to the Washington Post that she had just caught a train in Farragut North on her way to a fundraiser for the DC Abortion Fund. , said gunshots rang out.
46-year-old Angelic Young of Silver Spring stood on the platform as the train passed. She was wearing headphones and she said she had no idea what had happened until people pushed and pushed her to the exit.
she said in a message to the post She joined others hiding behind an escalator. The escalator was also full of people. She said she “stayed there to hide” until she heard an announcement telling her to leave the station.
Meanwhile, Gamble, a 39-year-old resident of the district’s Dupont Circle neighborhood, said the train had rushed to the next station. She stayed that way until she stopped on Rhode Island Avenue.
Metro general manager Randy Clark said traffic police stepped up patrols at stations this fall in response to violence that occurred on trains, stations or buses. It dispatched teams of police officers to enforce rate evasion, which surged during the pandemic.
Clark said, “I really appreciate the speedy response and thoughtful attention from the railroad company tonight.Tonight police responded to the @wmata metro center shooting incident to protect customers from potential danger. .
Wednesday’s shooting comes days after an FBI agent was acquitted of attempted second-degree murder in the December 2020 shooting of a man on a moving subway train.
Authorities said a man who was begging approached investigators and got into an argument. Agents claimed the man opened fire in defense after the man appeared threatening and took an aggressive stance.
Prosecutors claimed the agent “had no business firing guns.”
This development story has been updated.
