U.S. Park Police Officer Shoots and Wounds Armed Man


By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com

A U.S. Park Police officer shot and wounded an armed man early Tuesday morning in Southwest Washington, D.C.  at Hains Point, the Associated Press reported.

The Park Police said an officer was patrolling the park about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when he spotted a man in a car with a gun in his hand, AP reported.

The officer ordered the man to drop the gun, but he refused and the man was shot outside the car, AP reported. The man suffered non-life threatening injuries.

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