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CRIME
Metro Station Manager Is Killed
A Metro station manager was shot and killed near his home after leaving work early yesterday morning, officials said.
Eugene F. Neal Sr., 52, of the 1500 block of Hamlin Street NE was found dead about 1 a.m. at 16th and Hamlin streets, police said. He had been shot several times.
Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith said Neal left the Takoma Station about 12:30 a.m. He had been a Metro employee since January 2002 and "was considered a well-liked and good employee. It's unfortunate for his family and his Metro family, and our hearts go out to them," Smith said.
Smith said it was the second time that a Takoma Station manager had died within the past year, but she did not immediately have information about the victim in the other incident.
-- Theola Labbé-DeBose
BREAD FOR THE CITY
Ground Broken for Expansion
Bread for the City, which provides clothing, food, medical care, legal assistance and social services to needy D.C. residents, broke ground today for an $8 million building that will more than double its medical clinic's capacity.
The 12,000-square-foot building will be added to the group's facility on Seventh Street NW, creating space for the organization's first ophthalmology and dental practices and tripling the number of exam rooms.
The start of the expansion comes a few weeks after Bread for the City announced a series of significant cutbacks forced by the economic downturn. The agency will close Fridays and reduce staff salaries at least 10 percent beginning next month. But Bread for the City leaders said it is important to plan for the future even as they struggle during the recession.
