Two Washington-area transit workers were dead before dawn Thursday, hours ahead of a scheduled DC Metro board meeting. Police say the men, both Metro employees, were killed in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide on a residential block near the Friendship Heights Metro station and the agency's Western Bus Garage, the Washington Post reports. DC police said 44-year-old Terrell Cross of Bethesda, Maryland drove to the Northwest DC address around 1am and shot 42-year-old Robert Stokes of Middle River, Maryland, before turning the gun on himself.
Both men died at the scene despite efforts by first responders. A firearm was recovered and "the preliminary investigation indicates this was a domestic related incident," police said. At the board meeting, Metro CEO Randy Clarke stressed that the shooting occurred off Metro property and that there was no ongoing threat to the system or its workforce. Metro officials said counseling and other support services are being made available to employees and their families.
Stokes was a married father of four. His wife, Kristal Stokes, tells NBC Washington that he was a bus driver and when police came to her door, she initially thought he had been killed in a crash. She says she doesn't know Cross, but she believes the shooting was the result of a personal dispute between the men. She has a 5-year-old daughter with Stokes, who had three children from a previous relationship. "I'm going to continue to be a mother to all of the kids," she says. "You know, they're my kids for life, no matter what."
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