Updated: Police Responding to Incident Near Brookland-CUA Metro

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By Patrick D. Lewis

Update, March 21: No stabbing occurred, MPD said. Initial information said that a person had been assaulted with a knife and resulted in a large response, but officers found that the dispute involved only a threat with a knife and cleared the scene.

The Metropolitan Police Department and D.C. Fire and EMS is on scene of a reported stabbing near the Brookland-CUA Metro station.

The call went out around 11:35 a.m. A police spokesperson said the call was for someone with a knife and that no injuries have been confirmed so far. There is a police presence in the area of Monroe Street and Michigan Avenue as law enforcement investigates.