Road Rage Shooting at Pentagon City Parking Garage Leads to Chase Into DC

ARLINGTON, VA — A case of road rage led to a shooting at the Pentagon City parking garage Friday afternoon and Arlington Police chased and apprehended the suspects in DC, according to Arlington Police spokesman Lt. Kip Malcolm.

The incident started at about 3:10 p.m. when there was a malfunction of the equipment to let cars out at the Pentagon City shopping center garage, according to Malcolm.

That’s when someone in a white car with DC license plates got into an argument with another driver, he said. Someone in the white car then retrieved a gun from the car and shot it into the air; the shot didn’t hit anyone, Malcolm said. Multiple witnesses called police, he noted.

The white car then led police on a chase from roadways around the shopping center into DC, where two suspects were caught by Arlington and DC Police. During the chase, Arlington police saw someone in the white car throw a gun out the window on 395 near GW Parkway, Malcolm said.

The two were apprehended in DC; the police activity shut down the Third Street Tunnel but it’s open as of 5 p.m., Malcolm said.