WASHINGTON (AP) – Two police officers were wounded and a suspect killed in a shooting in Washington, D.C.
The incident occurred late Thursday night on the northeast side of Washington.
Police Chief Peter Newsham said at a news conference around midnight that both officers sustained injuries that appeared to be non-life-threatening. A police spokesman earlier said the officers were conscious and breathing when they were taken to a hospital.
Newsham says a male suspect was pronounced dead on the way to a hospital. He also says a weapon was recovered at the scene.
Additional details were not yet available. Newsham says investigators are on the scene trying to determine the cause of the incident.
Update in shooting 1400 block of Morse Street NE https://t.co/QwnQ0PQrnx
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