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Deadly shooting at subway station near CUA prompts temporary shelter-in-place order

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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — In the hours after a Washington teenage boy was shot and killed April 4 on the platform of the Brookland-CUA Metro station, The Catholic University of Americacanceled evening classes and athletic practices and advised students to shelter in place as police officials investigated the incident.

“I would like to acknowledge how deeply distressing it was for members of our community who were at the Metro station at the time of the shooting. I can only imagine how disorienting it was to have witnessed such a senseless act of violence,” Peter Kilpatrick, CUA’s president, said in an open letter to the university community. “The news of a fatal shooting adjacent to campus is unsettling for all of us.”

According to the Metro Transit Police Department, the shooting occurred around 4 p.m. April 4 when teenagers in a group were fighting inside the Metro station. Police said the suspected shooter was not part of the altercation when he pulled out a firearm and began shooting. Police said an armed security guard was on the station platform at the time of the shooting and was able to shield patrons and lead them to safety. The station was closed while police investigated.

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