{"id":22991,"date":"2017-02-24T07:23:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T07:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=22991"},"modified":"2017-02-24T07:23:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T07:23:55","slug":"2-d-c-police-officers-shot-suspect-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/2-d-c-police-officers-shot-suspect-killed.html","title":{"rendered":"2 D.C. police officers shot, suspect killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">2 D.C. police officers shot, suspect killed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>2 D.C. police officers shot, suspect killed:- <\/strong>Two District of Columbia police officers were wounded and a suspect was killed in a shooting in Northeast D.C. on Thursday night, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The officers were shot around 10:40 p.m. ET at Morse Street at Holbrooke Street, less than two miles from the U.S. Capitol.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The two officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries, Chief Peter Newsham said in a late-night press conference.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Both officers were conscious and taken to MedStar Washington Hospital Center. One officer was shot in the leg and the other officer was shot in the torso, police said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The suspect&#39;s gun was recovered at this scene, police said. It was unclear who shot first.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update in shooting 1400 block of Morse Street NE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QwnQ0PQrnx\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/QwnQ0PQrnx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCPoliceDept\/status\/834989988227919873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DC Police Chief confirming suspect is dead. He says officers involved were part of a crime suppression unit. Unclear who shot first. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wusa9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@wusa9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rETqyyHoMP\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/rETqyyHoMP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ellison Barber (@ellisonbarber) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ellisonbarber\/status\/834990886631145472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation-now\/2017\/02\/24\/2-dc-police-officers-shot-suspect-killed\/98341184\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/2-d-c-police-officers-shot-suspect-killed.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 D.C. police officers shot, suspect killed 2 D.C. police officers shot, suspect killed:- Two District of Columbia police officers were wounded and a suspect was killed in a shooting in Northeast D.C. on Thursday night, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. 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