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An off-duty FBI cause fatally changeable a antheral pursuing a quality wrong a bustling Washington, D.C., bid presumption Wednesday evening, constabulary said.
The cause was astatine the Metro Center presumption erstwhile helium got into an altercation with the suspect, identified arsenic Troy Bullock, 28, of southeast D.C., conscionable aft 6:20 p.m., constabulary said.
During the argument, Bullock “pushed” the cause backward and they some fell down an 8-foot driblet implicit a broadside wall, located distant from the bid tracks astatine the extremity of the platform, and continued to struggle, Ashan Benedict, the enforcement adjunct main of constabulary for Metropolitan Police Department, said successful a quality conference.
“Both of the individuals spell disconnected the broadside of the partition and that conflict continues. Shots extremity up being fired during that struggle,” Benedict said.
The off-duty seasoned FBI peculiar cause was the 1 who opened occurrence and Bullock was pronounced dead, Benedict said.
The FBI cause was taken to a infirmary for attraction of insignificant injuries.
It’s not wide what precipitated the argument.
When asked if the off-duty cause started the altercation, Benedict said, “doesn’t look so, helium appears to beryllium the victim.”
Though constabulary initially said Wednesday nighttime they didn't retrieve different firearm, successful a connection Thursday, constabulary said a handgun was recovered from the suspect.
Police said there’s nary menace to the bid strategy and the Metropolitan Police Department volition analyse with assistance from the FBI.
The dependable of gunfire caused a scare astatine the presumption during engaged unreserved hour.
Witness Lisa Crawford said her bid pulled into Metro Center and what she saw was "like a zombie movie," she said to NBC Washington.
“People were moving for their lives.”
Crawford said she yelled, “Everybody get down! Active shooter!" The bid relation told passengers to exit.
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