A 19-year-old man was found shot in the leg on a D.C. Metro train Monday afternoon.
NBC Washington reported that the male, who has not been identified, was found unconscious on a train that had come from the Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro station, according to officials from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. He was treated by medics on the Columbia Heights platform and was taken to the hospital.
Details on his condition were not immediately available, though a WUSA9 reporter said he is expected to survive.
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The local news report cited two riders who said they witnessed a man who looked angry walking through the train with at least one other person while waving a gun around.
DC Metro Shooting Update — Columbia Heights station just reopened… After a teenager is shot on a Branch Avenue bound train… No suspect description yet, person shot is expected to survive @WUSA9 pic.twitter.com/7PAsb8LgUz
— Mike Valerio (@MikevWUSA) November 29, 2021
Trains on the Yellow and Green lines were skipping the Columbia Heights station with a police investigation underway, WMATA said.
The incident comes after two people were shot outside the Columbia Heights Metro stop in Northwest, Washington, D.C., last week.
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Separately, WMATA suspended service for parts of the Red line earlier in the day after smoke was spotted coming from the brakes on one rail car at the Gallery Place Station, according to the Washington Post. Service was suspended between the Farragut North and NoMa-Gallaudet stations. Officials did not find a fire, and the station was reopened after about an hour.
The Washington Examiner reached out to WMATA for a statement.
