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The US Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday, June 6 that there is insufficient evidence to pursue charges against the officer who shot and killed Troy N. Bullock in December 2022 inside the station at G Street and 11th Street in Northwest.
Investigators say that shortly before 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, an off-duty FBI Special Agent was standing on the platform when Bullock began to challenge another traveler to a fight while they were waiting for a train.
Attempting to diffuse the situation, the officer advised Bullock to back off, at which point prosecutors say he got physical with the agent, grabbing and pushing him into a nearby wall, which was only approximately three-feet high.
Both Bullock and the agent were sent tumbling over the wall, a fall of more than eight feet, though the attack continued on the injured officer. In response, the injured agent took out his weapon and shot Bullock, who was treated and pronounced dead following the shooting by DC Fire and EMS personnel.
The FBI agent was transported to an area hospital for treatment of "serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.”
While investigating the fatal shooting, police say that they recovered a handgun from Bullock, whose body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
“After a careful, thorough, and independent review of the evidence, federal prosecutors have found insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the agent used excessive force under the circumstances,” officials said.
“To prove civil rights violations, prosecutors must typically be able to prove that the involved officers willfully used more force than was reasonably necessary.”
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