Off-duty police officer injured in shooting in Washington, DC

By ASHRAF KHALIL
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A off-duty police officer in Washington, D.C., was injured Monday afternoon when a suspect opened fire as the officer was driving to work. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith said the officer was on his way to the 4th District station just after noon when he “observed a vehicle driving very erratically” in front of him. The vehicle then “stopped very abruptly” and one man emerged and opened fire on the officer’s car, she said. The injured officer was not in uniform and was driving his personal vehicle. Police later arrested two men after a vehicle pursuit that ended when their car crashed in neighboring Maryland.