A suspect is dead after three police officers were injured in a shooting in Northeast D.C. Monday morning.
The shooting happened on Florida Avenue near the NoMa-Gallaudet U Metro station, according to D.C. police.
Police said all three officers are recovering after being transported to hospitals. The male suspect was not identified.
Police officers responded to a report of a man with a gun in the lobby of an apartment building in the 300 block of Florida Avenue in Northeast around 4:38 a.m., D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said during a news conference.
She said when the officers first arrived to the building lobby, they “made contact” with the male suspect before fleeing into an elevator. Prompting additional police officers to the scene in a search for him.
Smith said “a few minutes later” the suspect exited an elevator, encountering police officers in the lobby. When officers tried to take the man into custody, he produced a firearm.
“During the struggle the suspect fired, discharged, his gun at the officers and the officers returned fire, striking the suspect,” Smith said.