DC Police investigating officer involved shooting in Northeast

WASHINGTON — The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating an officer involved shooting that unfolded early Sunday in Northeast D.C.

According to MPD, officers were called around 1:30 a.m. to the 1800 block of New York Avenue, NE after nightclub security reported a person making threats towards security. The suspect attempted to enter a nightclub with another person and started threatening club security over an entrance fee, including saying they would return to the nightclub with a gun. The suspect was reported leaving the scene in a car before officers arrived.

As police were gathering information about the incident from club security, the suspect returned to the club, driving towards the entrance where the officers and security were standing…

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