Overview
- Park, county and U.S. Park police responded to reports of a shooting and a man with a gun and reached Fort Washington Park just after 6 p.m. Friday, where an officer encountered the man.
- A Maryland-National Capital Park Police officer fired during the encounter, the man was struck and pronounced dead at the scene, and investigators recovered a handgun nearby.
- The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division has opened a formal probe and has not released the names of the person killed or the officer involved.
- The IID asked the public to provide cellphone or surveillance video and said it typically posts involved names within two business days and body-camera footage in about 20 business days but may delay those releases.
- Under Maryland law the IID handles fatal police shootings to provide an independent review, a process that will shape whether criminal charges are filed and may affect public trust and the family’s ability to view evidence.