Metro Transit Police Department officer fires gun at suspect at Suitland Metro station

Makea Luzader

May 9, 2024 at 7:09 AM

SUITLAND, Md. (DC News Now) — The Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) said it recovered a gun after an officer fired at a suspect at the Suitland Metro station on Wednesday evening.

In a post on the X platform at 10 p.m., MTPD said that it was investigating after an officer fired a gun. Nobody was hit by the gunfire.

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MTPD said that neither the suspect nor the officer were injured. Police took the suspect into custody.

(Image courtesy of the Metro Transit Police Department)

MTPD said officers found the gun pictured above at the scene.

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