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MPD: Officer shoots, injures armed suspect after finding man dead in Northeast DC

Acting D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee says the officer who shot the suspect will be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

WASHINGTON — Police officers shot and wounded an armed suspect while responding to a scene where a man was killed Friday evening in Northeast, Washington, D.C., authorities said.

The shootings happened in the 5900 block of Chillum Road, NE shortly before 6:15 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

D.C. police Chief Robert Contee told WUSA9 at a news conference near the crime scene that when officers arrived at the location, they found a man who had already been shot lying on the ground.

Contee said that officers noticed another man who was "carrying a long gun." He said that additional officers responded to the scene and further engaged with the man in possession of the gun.

When the responding officers asked the man to put down the weapon, police said he refused. Contee said that's when an officer fired at least one shot at the man. Police said it was unclear if the suspect had fired shots at the officers.

The suspect who was shot was taken to a nearby hospital where he is receiving treatment for his injuries, Contee said. The other man who officers found shot at the scene, later identified as 60-year-old Geno Freeman, of Hyattsville, was pronounced dead.

Contee said police are unsure about the connection between the two men and the shooting.

Contee told WUSA9 that the officer who shot the suspect will be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by D.C. police.

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