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FBI agent-involved shooting on Metro outside Washington DC

A person was shot and transported from Medical Center Station to a nearby hospital for treatment, police say.

BETHESDA, Md. — A shooting involving an FBI agent caused several train delays near Medical Center Metrorail Station Tuesday morning, according to Metro Transit Police.

The shooting happened on a Red Line train near Medical Center just before 7 a.m., police said.

Police said a person was shot and transported from Medical Center Station to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The condition of the shooting victim is unknown at this time.

Metro Transit Police are working to investigate the events leading up to the shooting.

The FBI is also conducting their own investigation into the shooting.

“The FBI is reviewing an Agent-Involved-Shooting which occurred earlier this morning aboard a Red Line train near Medical Center, Montgomery County, Maryland. One individual was wounded and since transported to a local area hospital for medical assistance. The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents seriously. In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under investigation by the FBI’s Inspection Division. The review process is thorough and objective and is conducted as expeditiously as possible under the circumstances. As this remains an on-going matter, the FBI has no further comment.”  

Metro officials said trains are no longer bypassing the Medical Center station after trains were single-tracking between Friendship Heights and Van Ness and between Grosvenor and Medical Center due to the police investigation. 

As of 9:30 a.m., Medical Center Metrorail Station has re-opened.

This story is developing. WUSA9 will continue to update this story as additional information becomes available.

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