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Yemane, of Potomac Falls, was pronounced dead soon after the shooting at a hospital. The other man was hospitalized in stable condition, said police, who did not release his name.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Medical Center to Use Gift for Cancer Research
The George Washington University Medical Center will use a $10 million gift, the largest in its history, for cancer research, the university announced yesterday.
At the Dr. Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Cancer Research Center, named for the local businessman and his wife who donated the money, scholars will study ways to prevent and treat the disease.
-- Susan Kinzie
NORTHWEST
One of Two Victims in Shaw Shootings Dies
One of two men who were shot Sunday afternoon near 14th and T streets NW in the Shaw neighborhood has died, D.C. police said yesterday.
Joshua Nunez, 22, of Silver Spring was shot about 4:30 p.m. in an alley near the intersection, police said. He died later at Howard University Hospital. A second victim, whose name has not been released, remains hospitalized, police said. No arrests have been made.
METRO
Bus Driver in Fatal Crash on Job Four Months
The driver of a Metrobus involved in a fatal crash Friday night has been operating buses for four months, officials said yesterday. D.C. police are investigating the cause of the crash in Foggy Bottom that killed Bartlett M. Tabor, 55, of Alamo, Calif. and injured six others.
Metro officials are reviewing training procedures and considering stiffer penalties for minor infractions to see "what else we can do for safety improvements," said spokeswoman Candace Smith. The bus operator is on paid administrative leave during the investigation. The accident occurred at 8:15 p.m. when the bus was heading west on Virginia Avenue NW and struck the minivan taxi traveling south on 19th Street, police said.
C Street also comes into that intersection, which has three traffic lights.
Three other passengers in the taxi were taken to a hospital and later released. The drivers of the bus and the taxi and a firefighter who came to the scene were also injured.
-- Lena H. Sun
