Crime & Safety

Video: 2 Wanted In Robbery By Force At Benning Area Business

D.C. police released a surveillance video of two people they say assaulted an employee while they were robbing a Benning area business.

D.C. police released a surveillance video of two people they say assaulted an employee while they were robbing a Benning area business.
D.C. police released a surveillance video of two people they say assaulted an employee while they were robbing a Benning area business. (Metropolitan Police Department)

WASHINGTON, DC — D.C. police released a surveillance video and photos of two people who are wanted for a robbery with force and violence at a Benning area business, according to a police release.

Around 1:47 p.m., on Thursday, the two suspects approached an employee of the business, which is located in the 3900 block of Minnesota Avenue, Northeast. After assaulting the employee, the suspects took money from the cash register and left, according to police.

Surveillance cameras captured video of the suspects. Police are asking anyone who recognizes either of the two individuals in the video to take no action and call 202-727-9099 or text a tip to the department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.

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