Special police officer shoots a man wielding a knife at Columbia Heights CVS store
Washington DC Aug 19 2021 A private police officer on duty at a CVS Pharmacy in Columbia Heights shot and wounded a man Sunday who authorities said was armed with a knife, according to D.C. police.
The incident occurred about 6:30 p.m. at the store in the 3000 block of 14th Street NW.
The wounded man, who has not been identified, was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening.
Police said he faces criminal charges related to the incident.
As of Tuesday, he had not made an initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court.
Dustin Sternbeck, a D.C. police spokesman, said that the Special Police Officer, confronted the man when he entered the CVS because he had previously been barred from the store.
Sternbeck said the man “brandished a knife,” at which point the officer shot the man.
Additional details were not available, and police said the case remains under investigation.
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