Six Metropolitan police officers are on administrative leave after a pair of officer-involved shootings Saturday that left one man dead and another seriously wounded.
In the first incident, officers were called at about 5 p.m. to the 500 block of K Street Northeast for the report of a shooting. When the two officers arrived, they spotted a man who matched the shooter’s description and chased him to the 600 block of I Street.
The man, identified as 17-year-old Kevin Thomas of the K Street address, fired at police, said police spokesman Sgt. Joe Gentile. The officers returned fire and may have hit Thomas inthe leg, Gentile said, however, Thomas died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head. The fatal wound may have been self-inflicted, though police still await a ballistics report.
Thomas would have turned 18 Sunday.
The initial shooting victim, a 27-year-old woman who was reportedly Thomas’ aunt, suffered wounds to the chest and hand. She remained in stable condition in a local hospital as of Sunday afternoon.
Two hours later, in the 4200 block of Sixth Street Southeast, four officers in the 7th District focused mission team attempted to stop a man carrying what appeared to be an open container of alcohol. But instead of stopping, Darnell Green, 22, of the 2400 block of Blackberry Court in Charles County, fired a handgun at officers, Gentile said. Police returned fire, striking Green multiple times in the body.
Green was still alive as of 8 a.m. Sunday. Police charged him with assault with intent to kill while armed.
The six total officers involved in both shootings remain on routine administrative leave while the incidents are investigated.
