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2 men shot in Navy Yard go to DC firehouse for help

The shooting happened a couple blocks away from Nationals Park around the time the Nats' game against the Red Sox ended

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Two men suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds walked into a firehouse in Southwest D.C. Thursday night for help, police say.

Both men ran to the firehouse on Half Street SW about 6:30 p.m. after they were shot nearby in the 1300 block of First Street NW, which is a couple blocks away from Nationals Park, authorities said.

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The shooting happened about the same time the Nats' game against the Boston Red Sox ended.

Medics took the men to a hospital. They were both conscious and breathing, but had life-threatening injuries, D.C. Fire and EMS said.

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