Deputy U.S. Marshal fatally shoots man in Southeast D.C.
The scene Tuesday near the 4300 block of Third Street SE, where a man was fatally shot. Two deputy U.S. marshals fatally shot a man who they saw with a firearm during an arrest operation Tuesday afternoon in Southeast Washington, according to authorities.
The incident occurred about 1 p.m. in the 4300 block of Third Street SE, in the Washington Highlands neighborhood.D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III said deputies assisted by D.C. officers confronted the man. Authorities said the man was wanted on outstanding arrest warrants. Contee said the man ran, and two deputies who saw him with a gun opened fire, striking him. The chief described the man as in his early 20s. He did not say whether the man fired shots at the deputies, only that he had “produced” a gun. Authorities later recovered a semiautomatic firearm, Contee said.
Robert Dixon, the U.S. marshal for D.C. Superior Court, where the deputies are assigned, declined to describe the warrants or say why the man was being sought.By 3 p.m., neighborhood children toting brightly colored backpacks began to arrive home from school. One mother, holding her daughter’s hand, yelled over the caution tape: “Excuse me! I’m about to just walk over. Tell them I need to get some help to get past.”Tuesday’s shooting came hours after D.C.
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