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At least one D.C. Police officer was shot during an encounter with an armed suspect in Southeast, D.C. Thursday evening, officials said.

Around 5 p.m., MPD officers responded to the 2800 block of Gainesville Street, Southeast for the report of a man with a gun involved in a dispute with two women. Upon arrival, the man, later identified as 33-year-old Arthur Porter, of Northwest, D.C., started running from police and at some point, shots were fired from both the officers and Porter, according to D.C. Police.