Police: 2 armed men on the loose after striking DC cop car

D.C. police cars are seen in this February 2016 WTOP file photo. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)

WASHINGTON — D.C. police are looking for two armed men who were in a vehicle that sideswiped a police car in Southeast D.C. early Tuesday morning.

Police said they were called to Barnaby Terrace in Southeast D.C. for a call about a suspicious vehicle around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. When police showed up, they found two men sleeping in the car with weapons on their laps.

When the men were awakened, the driver put the car in gear and tried to speed away, scraping a police car in the process. But before they could get too far away, the car crashed and flipped upside down, police said.

Police say one man ran off into Prince George’s County. The other ran off in a different direction. No one was injured, and no weapons were recovered. Police said both men are still on the loose.

John Domen

John has been with WTOP since 2016 but has spent most of his life living and working in the DMV, covering nearly every kind of story imaginable around the region. He’s twice been named Best Reporter by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association. 

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