Police Seek Assistance in Identifying Suspect Responsible for Hit + Run Involving Child, 2

The Arlington County Police Department’s Auto Crimes Unit is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect involved in a hit and run incident of a two-year old child on Sunday, August 30, police said today.

The suspect drove into the McDonald’s parking lot, located in the 3000 block of Columbia Pike (see map), at approximately 7:04 p.m. and was captured on surveillance video striking a two-year old child, police said. The suspect vehicle ran over the top of the child and stopped so the victim’s family could pull him from underneath. The vehicle then sped off and the child was transported to Children’s Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The subject is described as a black male, between 18-30 years old. He has green eyes and dreadlocks past the ears. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a white baseball hat with a black brim. The vehicle is described as a four door, silver-colored Cadillac sedan.

If anyone has information on the identity and/or whereabouts of this individual, please contact Detective Burgess of the Arlington County Police Department’s Auto Crimes Unit at 703.228.4618 or at dburge@arlingtonva.us. To report information anonymously, contact the Arlington County Crime Solvers at 866.411.TIPS (8477).

PHOTO courtesy of Arlington County Police