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The suspect, who was armed with a knife, accosted the security guard, which led the guard to shoot the suspect in the stomach.
The female victim was expected to pull through.
The stabbing was believed to be the product of a domestic dispute, Crump said.
Crump says an investigation is underway.
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Dave from Lexington, Maryland,听who didn’t want to reveal his last name, was sitting at the McDonald’s waiting for family to arrive on a train from Chicago when he heard the shot.听
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He said people ran for a back door at Union Station but couldn鈥檛 open it, so he and several others locked themselves in a closet.
鈥淓verybody in there was pretty panicky, they were saying 鈥榙on鈥檛 talk, stop, shut up, we don鈥檛 want anyone to hear that we鈥檙e in here鈥欌�� he said.
Dave said the people in the closet put their feet up to the door, to prevent someone from barging into the room. He could hear people outside pounding on doors as they waited inside the closet. He said they emerged minutes later when the all clear was given.
Chrissie Seredni, of Richmond, Virginia, was in Union Station having lunch with her boss when she heard the shot.
鈥淭he first thing she said was 鈥榦h God, oh God, not now,鈥欌�� she said.
Seredni said she ran with co-workers from the building and police moved in.
Seredni said she felt from the start that this wasn鈥檛 an attack related to 9/11 and quickly her feelings were backed up by police who classified it as a domestic incident.
D.C. police Commander Jeff Brown says there was no apparent connection between the shooting and the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
When police first responded, officials advised people in the area to remain clear of Union Station.听The building has since been cleared for people to re-enter.
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Also,听VRE service is back up after its temporary suspension due to the police activity at Union Station.听No other transportation around Union Station has been affected.
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Union Station is a massive transit hub and home to Amtrak鈥檚 headquarters. The station is bigger than the nearby U.S. Capitol and serves as the southern terminus for passenger rail traffic in the northeast. It includes dozens of retails shops and restaurants, which typically draw thousands of midday diners.
Some 90,000 people pass through Union Station each day, according to Amtrak.
Flags on the towering poles outside the station鈥檚 main entrance were flying at half-staff Friday in remembrance of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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海角精品黑料’s Mike Murillo and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
