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Potomac Ave. Metro station reopens after fatal shooting

By WTOP Staff March 13, 2015 5:07 am
Police tape is stretched across the entrance to the Potomac Avenue Metro station after a man was fatally shot by a Metro police officer Thursday, March 12, 2015. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)

WASHINGTON — The Potomac Avenue Metro Station, in Southeast D.C.,  which was closed Thursday night after a man was shot and killed by police officers in a tunnel east of the station, is open Friday morning.

Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says that Metro police were called to the station shortly before 9 p.m. after a report that there was “an unauthorized person in the tunnel” outside the station. A Metro police officer pursued the man and fatally shot him.

There’s no word yet on the identity of the man, whether he was armed or what prompted the shooting.

“He was pronounced dead on the scene,” Stessel says, on the westbound tracks in the tunnel about 400 feet east of the station.

“The Metropolitan police will be conducting an investigation as well,” Stessel says.

All officers are OK, Metro says, and the officer who shot the man is on paid administrative leave, a routine procedure in the case of a shooting.

The Orange, Blue and Silver lines single-tracked between Eastern Avenue and Stadium-Armory for the rest of the night.

 

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  • R A.

    Thank you Officer and I’m glad you’re OK.
    Wondering why wtop has ZERO story about the 2 Police Officers that were shot sniper-style in Ferguson?
    Seriously???
    I guess it’s only when a Police Officer defends his life in the line of duty protecting himself against a thug is it newsworthy.
    SMH

    • gatorj

      Plenty of coverage elsewhere. AG Holder called them punks. Sharpton and Jackson are MIA. Gov. called in National Guard and State Police to take place of Ferguson City Police officers in an effort to maintain order tonight.. Still no comment from Jackson and Sharpton.

      • VAJake321

        The Governor is a problem in that state. Where was he when they burned and looted? You can bet he gave the stand down order in November when they stole and sacked those businesses blind. Governor Nixon should be held accountable for his lack of protection for those business owners.

        • RonaldG

          It’s certainly good to be a Democrat, isn’t it? If Nixon had a (R) after his name, he’d be toast!

      • Feral Zombie

        But it’s not on WTOP. Where the news is selectively reported…

  • 1BigNasty

    Good on Ya LEO, glad you are ok. And thanks for the taxpayer relief shot.

  • Bill Hussein O’Stalin

    Let’s hope it wasn’t a white Hispanic or tea party type. Gender and race are important. Just ask Eric I despise white people Holder.

  • FARVA!

    Good job police. One less thug….Good news all around…

  • VAJake321

    Well DC, you just might have yourself a Ferguson style case to defend here. In the wake if the Ferguson shooting don’t think questions might now arise from this case?

  • Feral Zombie

    I have an idea. Let’s deflect attention from the daily black on black genocide and pretend we are deeply offended by a U of Md student’s e-mail…

    • http://batman-news.com greatness

      It’s too much like the right thing to do to answer the obvious questions, such as “why aren’t people being shot in the leg, arm, shoulder anymore”?… the answer is obvious, which will never be addressed, because it doesn’t affect the dominant society, they don’t care.

      • RonaldG

        “why aren’t people being shot in the leg, arm, shoulder anymore”?

        They are. When a police officer misses while shooting at center mass (as they are trained to do), sometimes the criminal is hit in the leg, arm, or shoulder.

      • Feral Zombie

        The courts have decided that when a police officer pulls a gun and uses it, that such is, in and of itself, deadly force. It is inconsistent to use deadly force, and then to apply it in a non-deadly manner because then the issue becomes one of why was deadly force necessary to begin with.

        You would know this if you made it past junior high school and took a criminal justice class in college.

        • Guest

          I made past all of the following. I did not take any criminal justice classes, granted, maybe I am ignorant on some of the topics forementioned. However, I did take vaiorus political/policy courses (in which I graduated successfully, thank you), which all relate accordingly. You make so many assumptions about things you do not know. Deadly force is always “necessary” to an officer if you can get away, why wouldn’t they always “fear for their lives” and use deadly force when convenient. Just because the “courts decided” doesn’t make it right. I know and understand what the deeper issues are, no worries, with a thought process like yours, you’ll ways be protected. :)

        • http://batman-news.com greatness

          I made it past all of the following. I did not take any criminal justice classes, granted, maybe I am ignorant on some of the topics forementioned. However, I did take vaiorus political/policy courses (in which I graduated successfully, thank you), which all relate accordingly. You make so many assumptions about things you do not know. Deadly force is always “necessary” to an officer if you can get away it (EVERY SINGLE TIME), why wouldn’t they always “fear for their lives” and use deadly force when convenient. Just because the “courts decided” doesn’t make it right. I know and understand what the deeper issues are, no worries for you though, with a thought process like yours, you’ll always be protected. :)

          • Feral Zombie

            Yawn.

            Now you want to switch up a discussion about law, because you failed miserably at it, to one of politics.

          • Feral Zombie

            Don’t want to get shot by the po-po? It’s easy.

            Don’t be a dirtbag.

  • http://batman-news.com greatness

    WHY was he fatally shot? Do cops NOT shoot ppl in the legs/arms any more. Is there some sort of law against THAT NOW?!!! WHY IS EVERY ONE SO FREQUENTLY BEING “FATALLY” SHOT????!!!!!!

    • steve

      why? there are multiple reasons and I could go on explaining, but your puny brain would not understand. So I’ll give you the most obvious reason. he was likely shot in the chest, which is the largest part of the body, therefor the easiest to hit. arms and legs are small and narrow compared to the torso. so if an officer aims for an arm and misses a TRULEY innocent bystander could get hit. Then you got a problem. You aim for the largest possible target…the torso

      • Guest

        Ha Ha!! “Puny brain”… I’m sure you meant “truly”… they’re killing innocent people anyway… Maybe cops should be only sharp-shooters.. there.. puny brain.. you can keep covering up what’s really happening here, it’s only a matter of time until ti catches up to you, puny brain.

      • http://batman-news.com greatness

        Ha Ha!! “Puny brain”… I’m sure you meant “truly”… they’re killing innocent people anyway… Maybe cops should be only sharp-shooters.. there.. puny brain.. you can keep covering up what’s really happening here, it’s only a matter of time until it catches up to you, puny brain.

    • RonaldG

      “Play stupid games” ring a bell?

    • fahrvergnügen

      Don’t feed the raci… trolls.

    • griefman

      The police are finally passing their marksmanship training.

    • wisenekt

      Because this is real life and not the movies.

      • http://batman-news.com greatness

        It doesn’t have to be a movie. Maybe we need better trained cops. Maybe sharp-shooters only to be authorized to carry guns. Problem simplified.

        • wisenekt

          It is more than accuracy, it is about guessing where the suspect will be moving. Because the arm or leg is such a small area, especially when presented as a side profile, as well as a rapidly moving surface area, it is not a viable option to stop a suspect. However, the torso area presents the largest target area, both straight on and as a side profile, as well as a target that is not rapidly moving or able to change direction as well. Anyone that shoots will tell you that it is not just your target but everything around your target that your bullet may hit. The risk is way too high to go for small, rapidly moving targets that are not guaranteed to stop or bring down a suspect.

          • Guest

            respectfully understood, however, my perspective remains unchanged. sharp-shooters only, problem avoided.

          • http://batman-news.com greatness

            Respectfully understand the perspective. Where are the rubber bullets when you need them then? Where are the tasers, metro has more camera than the airport. This sounds like a lot of excuses to me. Excuses to give the police rights to do whatever they want to do and get away with it because they “fear for their lives” or “lives were endangered”.

        • RonaldG

          Most police shootings are at a distance of less than 10 feet. If someone is charging you (not saying this is the case here) like in Ferguson, for instance, there isn’t time for sharpshooting skills to be put to work. The pistol is drawn, centered on the target (center mass), and fired. Trying to hit moving legs and/or arms would be extremely difficult, and would likely result in innocent people getting hurt–or worse– from those missed rounds.

          • http://batman-news.com greatness

            they kill innocent people anyway out of “fear for their life”….. No valid point here… If he was that close, he could’ve tased him (in the case of Ferguson), they also have possession of rubber bullets. People always come up with response to support their evil agendas. The point is, if you want to kill someone, you will.

          • RonaldG

            Rubber bullets (which wouldn’t have been available in nearly enough time) and tasers (which aren’t routinely carried) are not always effective. They are also considered “less than lethal” weapons. In the Ferguson case, once Brown attempted to get Wilson’s gun, the situation escalated to “lethal.”

            BTW, what makes you think a patrol officer has “possession of rubber bullets?” Would they be carrying 2 different firearms? One with real bullets and one with rubber? Do they call a “time-out” and swap out ammunition in their sidearm? Rubber bullets may be carried by special units, but not patrol cops.

          • http://batman-news.com greatness

            None of this is even relevant (not even my joking attempt as tasers and rubber bullets). Cops do what they want, when they want to and get away with it because all they had to say “I feared for my life” or the “criminal” was “endangering” others. Every single time you support the problem, I’ll promote a solution. If they want to kill, they will, and attempt to justify it. Whether they actually sleep at night is on their conscience, not mine, nor yours.

        • Apu Bugolligosh

          The other side of that: Maybe we need criminals who don’t carry guns? I’m sure they’d agree to that.

          • http://batman-news.com greatness

            Did this even state if he had a weapon at all? I didn’t see it?!! Please point that out if I missed it. So many cases where they (“authorities”) later discover then”criminal” was NOT armed, yet the cop shot the life out of them claiming they were a threat. How? Explain.. We’re doing a very poor job with choosing “authorities”….

  • Naptown man

    Not much info. Man goes in tunnel. You shoot him. Case closed. (?)

  • Apu Bugolligosh

    They shot a guy? RAAAACISTS!!!!

  • http://batman-news.com greatness

    Do you know me?.. I don’t think you do…LOL..

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