Crime & Safety

Suspect Sought In Assault With Dangerous Weapon Case: Video

DC Police are asking the public's help in identifying the suspect in a December assault with a.dangerous weapon case in Buena Vista.

The suspect in a December assault with a dangerous weapon case was caught on video.
The suspect in a December assault with a dangerous weapon case was caught on video. (Metropolitan Police Department)

WASHINGTON, DC -- Metropolitan Police Department detectives from the Seventh District are asking the public's help in identifying the suspect in a December assault with a dangerous weapon case in the Buena Vista neighborhood, according to a police release.

Officers responded Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, around 2:41 p.m., in the 3000 block of Buena Vista Terrace, Southeast, for the report of a shooting. Arriving on the scene, they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

A surveillance camera caught the suspect on video, which police posted to MPD's official YouTube account:

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Police ask anyone with information about this incident to call police at 202-727-9099 or text a tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.

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