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A Vienna-bound Orange Line train had to be offloaded at the Capitol South station around 4 p.m. on Wednesday because a juvenile allegedly kicked a train door, damaging it and preventing it from closing, a spokesperson for the transit agency says.
The incident led to single-tracking for a while on the Orange, Blue, and Silver lines as police responded to the situation.
Orange/Blue/Silver Line: Single tracking btwn Eastern Market & Federal Ctr due to police activity at Capitol South. Delays both directions.
— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) April 20, 2016
Orange/Blue/Silver Line: Incident train moving off the line, expect residual delays as trains resume schedule/spacing. 4:17p #wmata — Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) April 20, 2016
Org/Blu/Sil Line: No longer single tracking. Residual delays continue in both directions due to earlier police activity at Capitol South.
— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) April 20, 2016
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department says officers responded to a call for an aggravated assault near the station that came in around 3:57 p.m., based on preliminary information. The incident seems to have involved “three juveniles,” she said. The Metro spokesperson said the situation was resolved.
a fight at Capitol South over a burrito caused delays on the blue/orange/silver lines. this is real and not a @DCMetroDelays joke
— Fright Shark (@FrightShark) April 20, 2016
Metro Transit & Capitol Police on hand at Capitol South, where a fight broke out on a Metro train @rollcall @CQnow pic.twitter.com/a7HVz1lDWD
— Bridget Bowman (@bridgetbhc) April 20, 2016
“Police situation” at Capitol South, as described by the train operator. #wmata
— The Flying Fisherman (@metro_man) April 20, 2016
Taking Metro back to office, just saw a fight over a burrito result in someone being pepper-sprayed. Now delayed while they investigate.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) April 20, 2016
Photo by Darrow Montgomery