Metro officials: Officer shoots man after Southeast stabbing

A Metro Transit Police officer shot and wounded a man who transit officials said was armed with a knife and stabbed a person during a fight on the platform of the Anacostia station Thursday night, according to a Metro spokeswoman.

The shooting happened after the officer responded to the report of “a fight and stabbing in progress” at the Southeast Washington station about 8:40 p.m., Metro spokeswoman Sherri Ly said in a statement. According to preliminary reports from transit police, the officer fired when a man armed with a knife came at the officer, Ly said.