Police said Friday they had charged a teenage boy with alleged involvement in a brawl and shootout with police at a Washington, D.C. subway station.

An unnamed teenage man has been charged with “assault with intent to murder and possession of a pistol without a license,” the subway traffic police said in a statement. Tweet.

In a separate statement, police said the suspect was part of a group involved in a brawl at Fort Totten station just before 11 p.m. Thursday. Tweet. It is said that the gun fell during the fight, and the boy picked it up and shot dead an adult man who was also involved in the fight. The boy also allegedly opened fire on a special police officer, who then fired back, apparently hitting the boy and the police. Added.

Teenage boys and adults were taken to the hospital for what initially thought Both had life-threatening injuries, but were expected to recover later, police said. Said. (Related: Woman brutally attacked by teens on DC Metrobus)

The video shows a shooting at the Fort Totten subway station last night, in which a teenager and a man were seriously injured. https://t.co/sxknG71wc1

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Reportedly, as of June 2023, the number of robberies and assaults has more than doubled compared to June 2022, so the transit agency hired special police officers in early 2023 to combat the rising crime. NBC4 Washington.

Since then, some passengers have reported feeling safer on the subway. “We need more plainclothes officers on trains and in train stations,” said John Ayala of the Washington, D.C. Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime-fighting organization. This is how we can catch individuals who are engaged in illegal activities,” the media reports.