Crime & Safety
Passerby Tackles DC Man Holding Couple At Gunpoint: Police
D.C. police charged a man with assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with a couple being held at gunpoint early Saturday morning.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Metropolitan Police Department charged a man with assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with a couple being held at gunpoint early Saturday morning in Southeast D.C.
At about 2:15 a.m. Saturday, the suspect, 42-year-old Eric English of Northwest D.C., aimed a handgun at a couple in the Unit block of N Street in Southeast D.C.
A passerby saw the assault and tackled English to subdue him, according to the MPD. As the passerby tackled him, English fired his handgun.
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“Once I started tackling him, he went to shoot,” the passerby told WTOP. “I mean, it must have been pretty close to my head, because I can’t hear out of my left ear anymore.”
The victim and the passerby held the suspect until police arrived.
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