Chief Carroll said the incident is counted as a line-of-duty death.
Wayne David, D.C. police officer, dies after suspect's abandoned gun misfires in Northeast
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Assistant Chief Carroll said the officer is alive, but didn’t say how severe the officer’s injuries were, where the officer was hit in his upper body, or how many times the gun went off.
Loose gun misfires, hits D.C. police officer during retrieval on Northeast highway
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