Guard Member and Suspect Wounded in Washington Shooting

A National Guard member and a suspect were wounded in gunfire late Sunday in southeast Washington after Guard members tried to intervene in a fight, Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said. Both had non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to hospitals, he said. The shooting occurred at about 11:10 p.m. in the Eastern Market neighborhood, Carroll said. Seven or eight Guard members were in a van near the fight before leaving the vehicle to intervene. One Guard member was shot in the leg, and the suspect was shot in the abdomen, according to Carroll. Three Guard members discharged firearms during the incident, Carroll said. He said the suspect was arrested and that there was no further threat to the community. Police were investigating the shooting as of Monday. Carroll’s account was the basis for the reported sequence. He said a person involved in the fight pulled out a firearm and began shooting. The person ran into an alley, Carroll said, and Guard members told the person to drop the weapon. The individual then pointed it toward the Guard members, who returned fire, he said. The accounts provided no independent eyewitness description or investigative findings...