Updated: 10:00 AM EST February 5, 2021
WASHINGTON Two Metropolitan Police Department officers shot and wounded a man suspected of robbing and pistol whipping a person early Friday morning.
Officers responded to 2nd Street and Rhode Island Avenue, NW for the report of an assault. The responding officers learned that the victim was pistol-whipped and robbed at gunpoint.
A short time later, officers found the armed man in the 200 block of Florida Avenue NW.
The man refused to listen to officers commands, MPD said. Two officers fired at the man, wounding him. The officers rendered first aid to the man before he was taken to an area hospital for treatment of injuries not thought to be life threatening.
Two D C police officers shot man after robbery in Northwest Washington, officials say
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2 officers shoot suspect after he pistol-whipped, robbed man in Northwest DC, police say
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2 officers shoot suspect after he pistol-whipped, robbed man in Northwest DC, police say
Authorities say two D.C. police officers shot a suspect after he assaulted a man in Northwest D.C. Friday morning.
WASHINGTON - Authorities say two D.C. police officers shot a suspect after he assaulted a man in Northwest D.C. Friday morning.
The incident happened just before 2:30 a.m. when police responded to a report of an assault near 2nd Street and Rhode Island Avenue.
Officials say they located a victim who they say was assaulted, pistol-whipped, and robbed at gunpoint. Officers say the suspect was located near the 200 block of Florida Avenue. Police say both officers shot and struck the man after he refused to follow their orders. They say his firearm was recovered from the scene.