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One teenager dead, another injured after shooting at Congress Heights Metrorail station

A 17-year-old was killed and a 14-year-old was injured in a shooting late Monday night at the Congress Heights Metrorail station on the Green Line.

The deceased has been identified by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) as Martez Toney of southeast D.C. His death is the first reported homicide in the District in 2023.

“Shortly after 10 p.m. [Monday], Metro Transit Police Department received a call from a Metro employee that they heard shots coming from topside at Congress Heights Metro Station … Shortly thereafter, the caller advised that he believed two juveniles were shot in the bus bay,” Metro Transit Police Department Deputy Chief George Nader said in a joint news conference with MPD at the scene.