Update: Suspect Charged In Shooting Of DC Police Officer

UPDATE: May 13, 4:10 p.m.: The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Mark Crawford, 30, of no fixed address, in connection with the Tuesday shooting of a police officer in Fort Dupont.

Crawford was charged with assault on a police officer while armed, resisting arrest, felon in possession, possession of an unregistered firearm, possession of unregistered ammunition, and receiving stolen property.

Following an investigation by MPD detectives, police charged Crawford in connection with two other offenses:

• Assault with a dangerous weapon (gun): On March 10, around 9:14 a.m., a suspect entered a building in the 3400 block of A Street, S.E., and brandished a handgun. After threatening a victim, he fled the scene.
• Burglary one while armed (gun): On March 13, around 8:23 a.m., a suspect forced his way into an occupied residence in the 100 block of 35th Street, S.E.. After brandishing a handgun, the suspect and took the victim’s property and fled the scene.

Previous reporting:

WASHINGTON, DC — A Metropolitan Police Department officer was shot Tuesday afternoon after officers engaged in a scuffle with an armed suspect who was being barred from a Southeast property, according to a press briefing by Patrol Chief Chanel Dickerson.

Shortly before 2 p.m., officers from the Sixth District were dispatched to the 3400 block of A Street, S.E., for a call for police service in connection with the serving of a barring notice.

"The officers were given a description and a first name of a person who was barred from the property and the officers engaged that person," Dickerson said.

During the struggle, the suspect pulled out a handgun and an officer was shot. Other officers on the scene arrested the suspect and a weapon was recovered. Dickerson said the officer who was shot had not discharged his weapon.

The officer was in good spirits despite being shot in the lower extremities, according to Dickerson. The officer was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Dickerson identified the suspect as an adult male.

"This is an ongoing investigation, so we will still be investigating the bar notice and additional charges," she said. "Detectives are in the area, canvassing for witnesses."

Dickerson said there would be weapon and assault on police charges filed against the suspect.