A federal agent opened fire in Southeast D.C. after a traffic stop and police chase, D.C. police say. The gunfire marks the second time in less than a month that a federal agent on the president’s task force fired shots after a traffic stop.

The agent opened fire on Benning Road NE on Thursday afternoon, the Metropolitan Police Department said in what they called a preliminary account. No injuries were reported.

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D.C. police and federal partners “working together under the DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force” spotted a traffic violation and pulled someone over at Pennsylvania and Minnesota avenues SE at about 4:45 p.m., an MPD spokesman said in a statement.

The driver fled and members of the task force pursued them.

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