Metropolitan police shot a man with a shotgun in Northwest D.C. Thursday night. It happened shortly before 10 p.m. in the 5800 block of 13th St Northwest near the intersection of Missouri Avenue.

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Assistant Chief Alfred Durham says officers were called to the scene around 9:30 p.m. for a report of a man firing a shotgun into the air. Arriving officers confronted the man, who then ran and dropped his weapon. Durham says the suspect then brandished a handgun and pointed it at officers, who then shot him multiple times. The suspect is listed in stable condition at a local hospital.

Durham says there was noone else involved in this incident, as previously reported. 

Police have no motive at this time. The investigation is ongoing.