A man allegedly shot a National Guard member trying to bust up a late-night fight in Washington, D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department of D.C.
Seven or eight National Guard members were in a parked van monitoring the fight in the Eastern Market neighborhood at about 11:10 p.m. on Sunday.
Jackson was previously convicted of 2 counts of assaulting a police officer and 1 count of carrying a pistol without a license.
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“They exited their vehicle to try to intervene to try to stop the fight from occurring when they heard gunshots,” interim Chief Jeffery Carroll said to reporters.
“An individual that had been involved in the fight had pulled out a firearm and began shooting,” he added.
That individual ran into an alley, according to Carroll, and the
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