articleThe Brief Police responded to reports of a shooting and a man walking near the river with a gun. Maryland’s attorney general is investigating after a park police officer fatally shot a man near the river at Fort Washington Park Friday evening. What happenedOfficers were called to the park shortly after 6 p.m. for reports of a shooting and a man walking near the river with a gun. A Maryland-National Capital Park Police officer encountered the man near the river, according to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. Investigation underwayThe Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division is investigating the shooting.