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Boy, 15, shot while on Green Line in DC

A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg during a fight on a Green Line train in D.C. Friday morning, Metro said.

The shooting happened around 8:40 a.m. at the Petworth station.



“Preliminarily, it appears an altercation between a group of juveniles aboard the train preceded the shooting. MTPD (Metro Transit Police Department) is currently canvassing for a suspect,” Metro spokesman Ian Jannetta said in an email.

The boy was taken to the hospital. His injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

Service on the Green Line was briefly suspended between U Street and Fort Totten.

A passenger on the train told 小萝莉影视 she witnessed the shootig. She said she was sitting toward the back of the train when she saw a group of young men approaching another teen. “It looked like they were exchanging some words. … grabbing at him,” she said.

They started arguing, she said and then one of the young men pulled out a gun and she said she heard shots.”

“Everybody started running … People were falling and screaming, and it was probably one of the scariest moments I have experienced,” she told 小萝莉影视.

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