Crime & Safety
Shooting At Walter Reed Annex After Co-Workers Fight: Report
A man is dead after being shot multiple times in the parking lot of the old Water Reed hospital.
WASHINGTON, DC -- A man is dead after two shuttle bus drivers at the Walter Reed Annex in Northwest got into a fight, prompting one of them to pull out a gun and shoot the other multiple times, according to a WJLA report.
WJLA's John Gonzalez tweeted that the shuttle bus drivers "knew each other and had a history." The shooting happened just after 8 a.m. on Friday in the 6900 block of Georgia Avenue NW.
Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newshas says the two men had a history of arguments, and had gotten into a physical fight just before one of them pulled a gun in the parking lot, according to the report.
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The suspect is currently being question by police.
A man shot and killed on the grounds of Walter Reed this morning. Believed to be shuttle bus drivers who knew each other and had a history. What the police chief is saying about this incident coming up at noon on @ABC7News pic.twitter.com/2PaQ03FPZ0
— John Gonzalez (@ABC7John) December 8, 2017
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