An off-duty police officer shot and killed a man armed with a semiautomatic handgun in Southwest Washington entertainment district, the Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement on Sunday.
A shot was fired by an officer who at the moment was a second off-duty officer at the scene, police head Robert J. Contee said, adding that the policemen saw the man pointing a handgun outside of a restaurant and engaged him.
It was noted that the investigation is still underway to determine all of the details of the event.
