Police shoot, kill man in DC after responding to report of guns in car
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By Paul Best | Fox News
A police officer shot and killed a man in Southeast Washington, D.C., Wednesday afternoon, District of Columbia Police Chief Peter Newsham said.
Police arrived at the scene around 4 p.m., following a lead concerning guns in a vehicle. When they approached, individuals in the vehicle fled and a police officer fired.
"We have what we believe to be an adult male that was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead, and we have recovered two guns from the scene of the crime," Newsham said in a briefing Wednesday.
The police department believes the subject had a gun at the time of the shooting, he said.
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