Shooting by other person-intentional · Gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Department of Interior, 1100 Ohio Drive, SW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20242
on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
A U.S. Park Police Officer sustained multiple gunshot wounds during an engagement with an armed assailant who was attempting to flee the scene of a crime. The officer was hospitalized and required surgery.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableSuspect not yet apprehended
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