Man Killed in U.S. Capital Subway Shooting

A man in the U.S. capital was killed in a police shooting Thursday night in Washington's subway system, officials said.

Transit police responded to a call that a person had entered a subway tunnel just over a mile from the U.S. Capitol building, a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority spokesman told Agence France Presse.

During the incident near the Potomac Avenue subway station "an adult male was fatally injured," said the spokesman.

The station was closed and the investigation has been turned over to the Washington police department.

No further information was immediately available.