D.C. police said a National Guard member was shot in the leg late Sunday after intervening in a fight outside of a business near Eastern Market.
Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said a group of seven or eight Guardsmen was parked in the 800 block of 4th Street Southeast around 11 p.m. when they saw the scuffle taking place.
Chief Carroll said the troops tried to calm tensions, which is when a suspect pulled out a gun.
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“Members of the National Guard immediately gave commands to that individual to put the gun down. That individual pointed the weapon toward the National Guard members who returned fire. In this incident, one National Guard member was struck; also, the suspect in this case was struck,” Chief Carroll said.
Authorities said the Guardsman was shot in the leg, and the suspect was also wounded in the fracas.
Police said both the trooper and the suspect, whose identity wasn’t shared, were taken to a hospital and are expected to survive.
Police have not announced charges against the suspect.
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