National Guard member shot while trying to break up fight in DC - Gray TV

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A National Guard member who attempting to break up a fight near the U. S. Capitol was shot and injured on Sunday night, police said. Interim D. C. police chief Jeff Carroll said the shooting happened around 11:10 p.m. while guard members were sitting in a parked van in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. When the fight began on the street, guard members got out of van and tried to intervene. Carroll said a man involved in the fight then pulled out a gun. “Members of the National Guard immediately gave commands to that individual to put down the gun,” Carroll said. “That individual then pointed the weapon towards the National Guard members who returned fire at that individual.”Police said three guard members discharged their weapons during the shooting, striking the man. One of the guard members was also struck in the leg. Both the suspect and the service member were taken to a local hospital. Later on Monday afternoon, the police department said in a statement that 41-year-old Jerrell Jackson, of Southeast D. C., was arrested in connection with the shooting.