No charges in subway police shooting

WASHINGTON -- Federal prosecutors said they won't pursue charges against a Metro Transit Police officer who fatally shot a man in a tunnel last year.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced Thursday officials concluded there wasn't enough evidence the officer used excessive force or had criminal intent in the shooting death of 35-year-old Bobby Gross.

Prosecutors said the officer responded to the Potomac Avenue station March 12 after Metro personnel saw a man dressed in a T-shirt, boxer shorts and no shoes running in the tunnel, carrying a large branch.

They said Gross ran at the officer and hit her with the branch despite repeated warnings he would be shot if he didn't drop it. The officer shot Gross a total of five times.