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Police are investigating a shooting at Deanwood Metro station Youth fatally shot at Deanwood Metro station in NE Washington
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D.C. police are investigating the shooting of a male youth at the Deanwood Metro station platform Saturday afternoon. The station is currently shut down due to the investigation. A teenager was shot fatally Saturday afternoon on the platform at the Deanwood Metro station D.C. police said.
Earlier reports said listed the youth as deceased, but authorities now say he is unresponsive. After preliminary investigation, police think that the male teenager was involved in a conversation that turned into an argument. . At some point the other person apparently drew a gun and fired, according to Commander David Taylor, who is in charge of the 6th police district.
D.C. homicide detectives were called to the station in the 4700 block of Minnesota Avenue NE around 4 p.m. No arrests have been made and further details about the shooting or victim are not available, according to a D.C. police spokeswoman. Gunshots were reported at the station at 4 p.m., police said. The victim was found on the platform with a gunshot wound to the body, they said.
Morgan Dye, a Metro spokeswoman, said D.C. police were handling the investigation and she could not speak about the incident. He was taken to Prince George’s Hospital Center where he died.
Dye said service disruptions from the station closure would be minimal because of the proximity to other stations on the Orange line, and buses were being used to shuttle passengers who chose not to walk to the nearest alternate station. The shooting shut down the station, which is near Eastern and Kenilworth Avenues, not far from the border between the District and Prince George’s County. It serves trains on the Orange Line.
The incident appeared likely to heighten concerns about safety in the Metro rail system. Avenue police said.
Aaron Davis contributed to this report.Aaron Davis contributed to this report.