WASHINGTON — A D.C. Metro transit employee was shot and killed Wednesday morning while trying to help a woman being threatened by a gunman at the Potomac Avenue Station.
The deadly encounter was part of a violent rampage carried out by the suspect.
It all started when the alleged shooter got off a Metrobus and began arguing with another man.
The suspect allegedly shot that individual in the leg before entering the Metro Station and wounding a second person who was buying a Metro Card.
Metro Transit Police said both victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
After shooting his first two victims the gunman got into an altercation with the woman on the station platform.
That's when two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority workers including 64-year-old mechanic Robert Cunningham got involved, leading the suspect to shoot again.
Cunningham died, while the other employee suffered a fragmentation injury to the hand.
The suspect then boarded a train that wasn't moving at which point bystanders tackled and disarmed him for police.
Officers later recovered the gun on the tracks. The name of the suspect has not been released.
