D.C. fugitive team kills murder suspect in Columbia Heights shootout

Members of the D.C. area’s fugitive task force shot and killed a murder suspect Thursday after the armed man opened fire on authorities in a Columbia Heights apartment complex, D.C. police said.

Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said the gunman, whose identity wasn’t shared, shot at members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force when it served an arrest warrant around 7 a.m. at his unit in the 1400 block of Girard Street Northwest.

Chief Smith said authorities entered the apartment and told the suspect to come out. Instead, the suspect took aim at law enforcement inside the apartment…

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