May 2, 2021- 8:52 p.m.
A D.C. police officer fatally shot a man Friday night after authorities said the man pointed a gun at a woman and at another officer investigating a domestic dispute in an apartment in Southwest Washington.
The person who died was identified as Terrance Maurice Parker, 36, of Southeast Washington. Police said they recovered a firearm from the apartment in the 1100 block of Fourth Street SW, near the Waterfront Metro station.
Authorities said a person inside the apartment in the Lex and Leo at Waterfront Station called police shortly before 9 p.m. to report a domestic disturbance.
Executive Assistant Police Chief Ashan Benedict said officers were let inside the apartment, which was occupied by a man and woman.
A police report made public Saturday says the woman told officers she wanted her boyfriend to leave the apartment. As officers tried to talk with the man, the report says, he took out a handgun “and began to point it towards an officer” and the woman.
The department’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating the shooting. The officers involved are assigned to patrol in the First District and have been put on administrative leave, as is department policy. Police said they activated their body-worn cameras.
Police provided no details about the nature of the domestic dispute. The woman was not identified.
D.C. police officers have shot six people this year, one of them fatally. Authorities said those shot were armed with either knives or firearms. A private security guard and an off-duty Pentagon police officer shot and wounded two other people in the District this year, both of whom officials said were armed with guns.
U.S. Capitol Police shot and killed two people in the District this year — a woman shot inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and a man who authorities said charged at officers with a knife after fatally ramming another officer with a vehicle.
In 2020, D.C. police shot six people, two of them fatally.
D.C. police are required by law to identify officers involved in shootings and make public video from their body-worn cameras within five business days of a serious use-of-force incident. The person injured or family of a person killed can object to the video release.
