National Guard member shot in DC, police chief says

A National Guardsman was shot in the leg during an incident on Sunday night in Washington, D.C., near the Eastern Market metro station. According to Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll's statement at a press conference early Monday morning, "seven or eight" Guardsmen in a van were monitoring a group of individuals when a fight broke out around 11:10 pm. As the Guardsmen exited their vehicle to break up the altercation, one participant drew and fired a gun. The shooter refused demands from the Guardsmen to drop his weapon, leading three troops to return fire near an alleyway entrance. In addition to the injured Guardsman, the suspect was also shot in the abdomen. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Internal Affairs and Criminal Investigations divisions are on the scene investigating further details of the incident, which comes almost a year after another shooting involving two National Guard members near Farragut West metro station.