DC police identify gunman in Meskerem restaurant shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington police have identified the Virginia man who shot another man during an argument at an Adams Morgan restaurant then fatally shot himself.

It happened around 11 p.m. Sunday at the Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant in the 2400 block of 18th Street northwest.

Police say 50-year-old Tessaye Yemane of Potomac Falls, Virginia, shot the other man, then turned the gun on himself.

Both men were taken to Washington Hospital Center, where Yemane died. Police say the other man, whom they identified only as a 47-year-old man from Alexandria, Va., was admitted in stable condition.

Councilman Jim Graham issued a statement saying that the two men had known each other for years. Police did not reveal the nature of the argument.

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