D.C. Police Fatally Shoot Metrobus Suspect After 1 Woman Is Killed in Apparent Domestic Homicide
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Updated · WTOP · Jun 2
D.C. Police Fatally Shoot Metrobus Suspect After 1 Woman Is Killed in Apparent Domestic Homicide
3 articles · Updated · WTOP · Jun 2
Summary
A man suspected of fatally shooting a woman just after 7 a.m. in Northwest Washington was killed by D.C. police minutes later on a northbound Metrobus.
Witnesses told officers what the suspect looked like and which bus he boarded, allowing police to stop the bus a few blocks away at Wisconsin Avenue and Upton Street NW.
Police said officers were evacuating passengers when the suspect reached into a bag, pulled out a gun and pointed it at them after repeated commands to stop, prompting the fatal shooting.
Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll said the woman and suspect had a prior domestic relationship, and the man had previous D.C. arrests including domestic-related incidents involving the woman.
Carroll called it the second domestic homicide in the district this year, underscoring a run of high-profile domestic violence cases in the Second District.