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Shots hit a DC firefighter who was dealing with a gunshot victim in southwest Washington on Sunday night, police said.
A man was shot and killed at around 4:20 p.m. in the 7-Eleven parking lot on the corner of MLK Avenue and South Capitol Street SW, police said.
As firefighters and police responded to the shooting, gunshots erupted across the street in the 3800 block of Halley Terrace SE.
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A bullet struck a DC EMT firefighter who was assisting the injured man, police said. A woman standing at the scene was also shot in the hand, police said.
The firefighter sustained a grazed leg injury, News4’s Darcy Spencer reports. He was later released from the hospital and is in a good mood, firefighters said.
No one else was found injured in the Halley Terrace shooting, police said.
John Donnelly, acting chief of DC Fire and EMS, said the fire crew that responded were rocked during the shooting and the fire truck prevented some of them from injuring themselves. Firefighters say a fire truck was riddled with bullets.
The man and woman who were shot were conscious and breathing and have injuries that are not life threatening.
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