Man Shot, Officer Wounded in Altercation in Shaw

WJLA is reporting that a man was shot and a D.C. police officer injured during an altercation this morning at the Kelsey Gardens apartment complex at 7th and Q streets NW.

The MPD officer was doing a sweep of vacant apartments at the complex, responding to a complaint that squatters were living there. When the officer entered one apartment, a man attacked her, injuring her knee. The officer then shot the man in the face and abdomen. He is currently in the hospital in critical condition.

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