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http://www.wusa9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=60626
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- A citizen flagged down DC Police to tell them a man on a Metrobus had a gun.
Officers were waiting for the man when he got off the bus at the Minnesota Avenue Metro Station.
Investigators say the man reached for his gun, and the officers opened fire.
The suspect was not hurt and fled into the neighborhood.
He was caught hiding in an apartment at
Minnesota and Hays.
Questions are being raised about why police would open fire at a crowded stop.
"There's all kinds of camp kids out here ... and the bullets whizzed right by us," one witness told 9NEWS NOW.
Sixth District Commander Robert Contee was on the scene shortly after the shooting.
He says officers are trained to know what's behind the target before they pull the trigger.
The officer involved is on administrative leave while they determine if the shooting was justified.
http://www.wusa9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=60626
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- A citizen flagged down DC Police to tell them a man on a Metrobus had a gun.
Officers were waiting for the man when he got off the bus at the Minnesota Avenue Metro Station.
Investigators say the man reached for his gun, and the officers opened fire.
The suspect was not hurt and fled into the neighborhood.
He was caught hiding in an apartment at
Minnesota and Hays.
Questions are being raised about why police would open fire at a crowded stop.
"There's all kinds of camp kids out here ... and the bullets whizzed right by us," one witness told 9NEWS NOW.
Sixth District Commander Robert Contee was on the scene shortly after the shooting.
He says officers are trained to know what's behind the target before they pull the trigger.
The officer involved is on administrative leave while they determine if the shooting was justified.