mattista
03-18-06, 02:46 PM
Woke up this morning and found this item on the bottom of page four in the Metro scetion of the Washington Post:
<<<<<<<<<<Bicyclist Fatally Shot Near Shaw Metro Station
By Clarence Williams and Martin Weil
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, March 18, 2006; Page B04
A man who apparently was riding a bicycle was shot and killed last night outside the Shaw-Howard University Metro station in Northwest Washington. A woman who was with him also was shot, police said.
The shooting occurred about 9:40 p.m. a few feet from the station entrance at Eighth and R streets, officials said.
The man died at the scene, police said. They said the woman apparently went by herself to Howard University Hospital a few blocks away. She was wounded in the wrist, according to a D.C. police spokesman.
Neither the man nor the woman was identified immediately.
Police said the man was shot in the head, possibly during an altercation. The nature of the altercation was not specified.
D.C. police said they were seeking two men who apparently headed north on Eighth Street after the shooting. At least one of them reportedly had a handgun.
A Metro spokeswoman said the wounded man was apparently found about 30 feet from the Eighth and R streets entrance to the station, which is on the Green Line.
D.C. police said the station manager heard shots.
The Metro entrance was shut down. Metro Transit Police stopped trains entering the station from both directions to search for suspects. None was found, the spokeswoman said.
D.C. police halted traffic on nearby streets.>>>>>>>>>
direct link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/17/AR2006031702422.html
There's been a lot of strange sightings around here recently. Notably on the dcist blog a mention of a guy getting hit with a brick thrown from the balcony of an apt. building on 11th street NW.
If you ride in DC, please be careful.
I'll post more if I hear or read anything.
-mattista
<<<<<<<<<<Bicyclist Fatally Shot Near Shaw Metro Station
By Clarence Williams and Martin Weil
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, March 18, 2006; Page B04
A man who apparently was riding a bicycle was shot and killed last night outside the Shaw-Howard University Metro station in Northwest Washington. A woman who was with him also was shot, police said.
The shooting occurred about 9:40 p.m. a few feet from the station entrance at Eighth and R streets, officials said.
The man died at the scene, police said. They said the woman apparently went by herself to Howard University Hospital a few blocks away. She was wounded in the wrist, according to a D.C. police spokesman.
Neither the man nor the woman was identified immediately.
Police said the man was shot in the head, possibly during an altercation. The nature of the altercation was not specified.
D.C. police said they were seeking two men who apparently headed north on Eighth Street after the shooting. At least one of them reportedly had a handgun.
A Metro spokeswoman said the wounded man was apparently found about 30 feet from the Eighth and R streets entrance to the station, which is on the Green Line.
D.C. police said the station manager heard shots.
The Metro entrance was shut down. Metro Transit Police stopped trains entering the station from both directions to search for suspects. None was found, the spokeswoman said.
D.C. police halted traffic on nearby streets.>>>>>>>>>
direct link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/17/AR2006031702422.html
There's been a lot of strange sightings around here recently. Notably on the dcist blog a mention of a guy getting hit with a brick thrown from the balcony of an apt. building on 11th street NW.
If you ride in DC, please be careful.
I'll post more if I hear or read anything.
-mattista