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From MPD around 4:30am:
“Alert: Police Involved Shooting at 3rd & M Street NW. Details forthcoming.”
Assistant Chief Newsham gives latest on fatal police-involved shooting. pic.twitter.com/X9VTJYZLyI
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) September 11, 2016
Update from MPD:
“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Internal Affairs Bureau responded to a police-involved shooting that occurred on Sunday, September 11, 2016, at the corner of 3rd Street and M Street, Northwest.
At approximately 4:30 am, an officer observed a motorcycle driving recklessly near the 1700 block of U Street, Northwest. A few minutes later, another MPD officer observed a motorcycle matching the same description near 3rd Street and M Street, Northwest. When the officer was exiting the passenger side of his marked police cruiser to stop the driver, the motorcyclist intentionally drove into the passenger door and the officer fired his service weapon.
The motorcyclist, identified as 31-year-old Terrence Sterling, of Fort Washington, Maryland, was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The officer involved in this incident did not sustain serious injuries and has been placed on administrative leave.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 202-727-9099.”
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