Marine Barracks Washington is at Eighth and I streets in Southeast. (Evy Mages/For The Washington Post)A U.S. Marine was shot and killed Tuesday morning inside the Marine Barracks on Capitol Hill in Southeast Washington, prompting a D.C. police investigation. [Marine suffers self-inflicted gunshot wound]A D.C. police report said the Marine was shot about 5:05 a.m. and was pronounced dead at 5:59 a.m. at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. [Marine fatally shoots self in head at Marine Barracks Washington]The Marine Barracks Washington, founded in 1801 by President Thomas Jefferson, is the oldest active Marine Corps post. Tuesday’s shooting marked at least the third time in six years that a Marine was shot at the compound.

Source: Washington Post January 01, 2019 21:22 UTC