An off-duty FBI agent shot and killed a person during a fight inside the Metro Center Metro station, according to D.C. police.
Crawford, who said she teaches math at a school near the White House, said an active shooter training video shown at work about a week ago gave her the strength to do it.When the train got to Gallery Place, people started helping others get up and the train operator told everyone to get off the train, Crawford said.She and others eventually got back on the train and continued their commutes.The Metropolitan Police Department is leading the investigation with the FBI’s cooperation, Benedict said.
"The FBI takes any shooting incident involving our agents or task force members seriously," the FBI Washington Field Office said in a statement.Metro General Manager Randy Clarke said Thursday shootings in the transit system are the result of the"gun problem in America." "I don't think this is being political in any nature: We have a gun problem in America," Clarke said."That's not Metro's problem. We are impacted by that."
"I'm really tired of it," Clarke said, expressing frustration and sadness about the calls he's fielded after violent incidents."The biggest thing in this job is, what happens when you get a phone call when one of your employees or customers gets killed?" He went on to praise the actions of the train operator who"sped through that station after she got word ... and kept people out of danger" during the Metro Center shooting, and reassured riders that they are safe on Metro trains and platforms.
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