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District resident Malachi Rawlings, 21, was arrested on Wednesday morning after he allegedly opened fire during a verbal dispute in the early hours of Jan. 1 in the 1000 block of North Glebe Road, police said.
Police say Rawlings pulled a gun and shot one person during the argument in a common area of a residential building, prompting someone in the group to fire back, striking Rawlings.
The victim, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries, made his own way to a nearby hospital, according to police.
Rawlings, meanwhile, was found near N. Glebe Road and 11th Street North, bleeding from a gunshot wound, police said.
He was taken to the hospital, treated for his injuries, and then charged with:
- Aggravated malicious wounding;
- Use of a firearm during the commission of a felony;
- Felon in possession of a firearm.
Rawlings is being held without bond at the Arlington County Detention Facility, police said.
The incident remains under investigation.
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