3 officers shot in Washington, leading to daylong standoff before suspect’s arrest

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three police officers were shot trying to make an animal cruelty arrest that touched off an hourslong standoff in the nation’s capitol on Wednesday. It ended late at night with the arrest of 46-year-old Julius James. The officers were hospitalized and expected to recover from gunshot wounds, authorities said. The standoff started Wednesday morning as officers attempted to make an arrest on an animal cruelty warrant, but the suspect refused to leave the home, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith said. As officers tried to get inside, a person opened fire. The shooter barricaded himself inside his home in the southeast part of Washington and continued sporadically firing shots hours after opening fire.