An officer with the D.C. Housing Authority Police Department was shot and wounded in a building for senior citizens in the District’s Navy Yard neighborhood early Thursday, authorities say. The suspected shooter ran to a building nearby, hid and was arrested. A woman also was arrested.
The officer was shot in the 400 block of M Street SE just before 6 a.m. He was hit in the torso, Housing Authority Chief of Police Michael Reese said. In an update, police said the officer had a graze wound.
Police described exchanges of gunfire inside and outside the building.
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Two uninvited guests were reported at the senior housing building at 410 M St. SE, Reese said, according to preliminary information. Housing Authority police asked them to leave.
Three exchanges of gunfire erupted, with shots fired on the second floor, in the lobby and outside.
The man shot the officer and ran, Reese said.
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The officer was wearing a protective vest but was shot just below it. He will survive his injuries, D.C. police said.
No other injuries were reported.
Police searched for the shooter inside a building about a block-and-a-half south, at 1331 Fourth Street SE. Residents were told to shelter in place inside their homes with the doors locked. Anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious was asked to call 911.
The man, 40-year-old Victor Terrill of Landover, Maryland, was arrested in a “parking garage area” of the apartment building on Fourth Street, Reese said. He is the suspected shooter and is charged with assault with intent to kill, assault on a police officer, felon in possession of a firearm and unlawful entry. He reported chest pains after he was arrested and was taken to a hospital, police said.
The woman, 37-year-old Teyona Tolson, was arrested earlier in the morning and is charged with unlawful entry, Reese said.
Cellphone video showed a young man being taken into custody outside the building. It wasn’t immediately clear if he is the suspect.
Police flooded the residential area east of Nationals Park after the shooting.
Several streets in the area were shut down, and bus service was affected. Roads were back open as of about 11 a.m.
Police told residents of the building on Fourth Street at about 10:15 a.m. that they could stop sheltering in place. Some said they still couldn’t get to their cars about an hour later.
Reese pointed to a rash of violence in the District.
“It’s very disturbing – the violence that seems to be escalating," he said.
The officer who was shot has been with Housing Authority police for six years, Reese said.
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A number of law enforcement agencies have locations in the Navy Yard area, including the Metropolitan Police Department, Naval Police, Homeland Security and Housing Authority Police.
Just two weeks ago, three D.C. officers were shot and wounded by an animal cruelty suspect who opened fire as officers tried to serve him with an arrest warrant at a home in Southeast D.C.
Stay with NBC Washington for more details on this developing story.
