National Guard member injured in DC shooting, police say
Police say they're investigating a shooting near the 400 block of 8th Street SE.
The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington said early on Monday it was investigating a late-night shooting that involved members of the National Guard, one of whom was injured.
Police officers responded on Sunday night to reports of a shooting involving the National Guard, the MPD said, adding that the Guard had intervened in breaking up a nearby fight before an individual involved in the fight allegedly began firing a weapon.
"National Guard immediately gave commands to that individual to put down the gun. That individual then pointed the weapon towards National Guard members, who returned fire to the individual," D.C. Interim Police Chief Jeffery W. Carroll said.
A National Guard member was shot in leg by the individual, causing three National Guard members on scene to return fire, hitting the individual in the abdomen, according to D.C. police.
Both the National Guard member and a the person who allegedly fired at the member are being treated in local D.C. hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The shooting occurred near the the 400 block of 8th Street SE, the force said in a statement.