A man died Monday night after being shot by MPD officers, MPD said in a press release at 11 p.m.
MPD said the man was “firing a weapon” when police arrived at the 5300 block of Clay Terrace, NE.
Said MPD:
The officers ordered the suspect to drop his gun. However, the armed suspect did not comply. Therefore, the responding officers discharged their service weapons resulting in the suspect being struck. The intervening officers performed CPR on the suspect until personnel from DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services arrived. The suspect was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.
Read the full press release and find a links roundup after the jump.
December 12, 2011
Police Involved Shooting in the 5300 block of Clay Terrace, NE
(Washington, DC) Shortly before 7 pm, on Monday, December 12, 2011, uniformed officers received a radio run for a man firing a gun who was high on PCP in the 5300 block of Clay Terrace, NE.
Upon arrival on scene, the officers encountered the armed suspect who was firing a weapon. The officers ordered the suspect to drop his gun. However, the armed suspect did not comply. Therefore, the responding officers discharged their service weapons resulting in the suspect being struck. The intervening officers performed CPR on the suspect until personnel from DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services arrived. The suspect was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.
The identity of suspect is being withheld at this time pending Next of Kin notification.
This matter is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department’s Internal Affairs Force Investigations Branch.
From the Washington Post:
The incident occurred about 7 p.m. in the 5300 block of Clay Terrace NE, according to D.C. police spokeswoman Gwen Crump.
She said officers were sent there in response to a report that a man who was high on PCP was firing a gun.
It was not clear how many shots had been fired before the officers arrived, or whether anyone else was hit by gunfire. It also was not clear who had called the police reporting the shooting and the use of PCP, a drug that often produces violent and erratic behavior.
No description was available of the gun carried by the man who was shot.
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