Man fatally shot by D.C. police is identified
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A man fatally shot by D.C. police after he allegedly pointed a gun at an officer was identified Monday by authorities as Jamaal Grant, 23, of no fixed address.
Police said Grant was among three to five men who were tampering with a vehicle Saturday morning in the 700 block of Randolph Street NW when officers arrived to investigate. The men fled, and as officers were chasing them, Grant brandished a handgun in the 4100 block of Eighth Street NW and pointed it at the officers, police said in a statement.
"One of the officers, in imminent fear for his life and the lives of others, fired his service weapon, striking the gunman," the statement said.
D.C. police have a policy against identifying police officers involved in a shooting. They said the officer who shot Grant is 33 and has been on the force for a decade. The officer was placed on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.
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