A couple of odd and/or disturbing crimes that happened in the District this morning are making headlines.
>> Metro Transit Police are investigating a stabbing outside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station that took place early this morning. There are conflicting reports about exactly what happened. ABC7 says the unidentified victim told police he was stabbed from behind while he was going down the escalator at the metro entrance at 7th and H Streets NW. But NBC4 is reporting the victim was actually stabbed on 6th Street, and then went down into the metro station looking for help, but the station attendant was not in the kiosk at the time. Both reports confirm the victim eventually found help after collapsing outside the CVS across the street. The man was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover. Metro service was not interrupted.
>> As if the beleaguered Walter Reed Army Medical Center wasn’t already facing enough bad press: An armed security guard at the hospital fired his gun at a co-worker this morning, allegedly after a dispute between the two individuals. The AP reports that the incident began around 8:30 a.m. near the hospital’s entrance on Georgia Ave. NW, and that both guards, who are uninjured, were taken into custody. The Post says that between six and eight 10 shots were fired, right in front of other hospital employees using the entrance as they arrived for work. The MPD is investigating the incident.
