D.C. police officer dies after being shot inside police station

Metropolitan Police Department’s MP DC decal emblem badge shown on a police vehicle. File photo credit: DCStockPhotography via Shutterstock. Metropolitan Police Department’s MP DC decal … more > - The Washington Times - Monday, August 31, 2026 D.C. police said an officer died early Monday after suffering a gunshot wound inside a Northwest police station. Metropolitan Police said the officer, whose identity was not divulged, was injured just after 5 a.m. Monday at the Second District Station in the 3300 block of Idaho Avenue NW. The officer was rushed to a hospital, where the officer died. Police opened an internal affairs investigation into the shooting, but preliminarily, the department said “nothing currently indicates that another party was involved.” Story Topics Latest Video