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National Guard member and suspect shot in Washington, D.C., police say

Image from AP's coverage: National Guard member is shot while breaking up a fight in Washington, suspect is hit in return firePhoto: AP

How the sides differ Left sources lead with the guardsman's non-life-threatening injury; alternative sources stress unresolved questions over whose shot hit the suspect; right sources stress the confrontation and return fire.

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Left-leaning outlets report that a National Guardsman was injured in a shooting in Washington, D.C., and that the suspect was also shot. Citing D.C. police, they say the guardsman's injury was not life-threatening. Other outlets agree that two people were wounded. They add that the guardsman was shot while trying to break up a fight, and that Guard members returned fire. One report says the shooting happened at about 11:10 p.m. Sunday, with seven or eight people involved in the fight, and that police spoke about it on Monday. Another places it in Southeast D.C.

Police say three Guard members fired their weapons, and investigators do not yet know which of them hit the armed man who was arrested. Right-leaning coverage says the suspect allegedly opened fire during a confrontation and cites the police chief. The articles do not give the identities of those involved, details of the charges or what happens next in the investigation. The sides differ mainly in emphasis: injury severity, the unresolved question of whose round struck the suspect, or the sequence of the fight, the gunfire and the response.

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Left CBS NewsNational Guardsman injured in shooting in Washington, D.C.

CBS News leads with the guardsman's non-life-threatening injury and the suspect also being shot, attributing both points to D.C. police.

Alternative · 2 sources NewsNationNational Guard member and armed man shot in DC after street fight, police say

NewsNation and AP report the shooting during a fight, with police saying three Guard members fired and it is unknown whose shot hit the suspect. AP adds the time and number of people.

Right · 2 sources Fox NewsNational Guard member shot in DC, police chief says

Fox News and the New York Post focus on the guardsman shot while confronting a fight. Fox cites the police chief, says the suspect allegedly opened fire, and notes three Guard members returned fire.