A man was killed by District police after police said he was firing a gun and refused to drop it.
At about 7 p.m. Monday, uniformed police officers responded to a report of a man firing a gun who was high on PCP in the 5300 block of Clay Terrace NE.
When police arrived, the man was firing a weapon, police said. The officers ordered him to drop the weapon, but the man did not comply.
Responding officers fired at the man. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The identity of the suspect was being withheld until the family is notified.
The shooting is under investigation by the D.C. police Internal Affiars branch.
