Officials said that at approximately 11 p.m. on Thursday, a man and teenage boy were fighting over a gun at the Galloway Street NE station when the gun went off, striking one of them, police said.
In response, a special police officer assigned to the station returned fire, hitting the second person.
Both were treated at the scene and rushed to area hospitals with critical, possibly life-threatening injuries.
The shooting is now being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department.
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