A suspect who was attempting to escape arrest pulled a gun on an officer, D.C. police said, before police shot him Monday evening in Southeast.
D.C. police say a suspect who was attempting to escape arrest pulled a gun on an officer before he was shot by police in Southeast D.C. on Monday night.
(WTOP/Mike Murillo)
WTOP/Mike Murillo
Police say the suspect attempted to flee from an arrest and then pulled a gun on an officer. The officer then shot the suspect, who is believed to have suffered non-life threatening wounds.
(WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Police say the suspect attempted to flee from an arrest and then pulled a gun on an officer. The officer then shot the suspect, who is believed to have suffered non-life threatening wounds. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)(WTOP/ Mike Murillo)
Police say the suspect attempted to flee from an arrest and then pulled a gun on an officer. The officer then shot the suspect, who is believed to have suffered non-life threatening wounds. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)(WTOP/ Mike Murillo)
WASHINGTON — A man is in the hospital after a police-involved shooting in Southeast on Monday evening.
A little after 6 p.m., police responded to a drug complaint on Naylor Road near T Street. Upon arriving on the scene, two suspects were arrested while a third fled.
An officer chased the third suspect, who then pulled a gun on the officer, police said. That’s when the officer shot him.