Stessel said, “Officers exercised incredible restraint to guide the deer to a gate along the fence and off the property.”

Updated at 10:36 a.m.

There is no train service on Metro’s Red Line between the Forest Glen and Silver Spring stops. A deer is on the tracks near the Silver Spring station.

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Metro is providing bus shuttles. It is not clear how long the delays will last.

Original post at 8:45 a.m.

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An animal on the tracks of Metro’s Red Line near the Silver Spring stop is causing delays. Metro did not say what type of animal it is, and the animal’s condition was not available.

Trains are sharing a track between Silver Spring and Forest Glen stops.

The delays are in both directions between the Fort Totten and Glenmont stops. It is not clear how long they will last.

Red Line service is already affected by a massive repair project under SafeTrack, which has a section of the line from the Fort Totten to NoMa-Gallaudet stations shut down for more than 20 days.