By DAN MORSE | The Washington Post | Published: April 9, 2021
WASHINGTON — Takoma Park police have charged an off-duty Pentagon police officer with two counts of second-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting two men as they were driving away from an encounter with him Wednesday, according to charging documents.
David Hall Dixon told investigators he opened fire after three men nearly ran him over in a Lexus shortly after he found them breaking into a car, but the investigation concluded the officer actually discharged his gun after the danger had passed, according to charging documents. An autopsy showed the bullets struck the victims in the back.