WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two individuals have been apprehended following a shooting incident involving an off-duty MPD captain in Northwest D.C.
The incident happened on Monday at around 12:09 PM in the 5800 block of 7th Street when the captain, driving to work, noticed a car behaving erratically. The vehicle stopped abruptly, and one occupant fired at the captain’s car, injuring him. Despite his injuries, the captain managed to reach the Fourth District Station for help and was later treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital.
Using a partial license plate number noted by the captain, MPD’s Real Time Crime Center quickly located the suspects’ vehicle. Following a pursuit by MPD’s Air Support Unit and Fifth District officers, the car crashed in Landover, Maryland, leading to the arrest of the two suspects by Prince George’s County Police.
The suspects, identified as 21-year-old Rasheed Thorne of Northwest, D.C., and 21-year-old William Walker of Upper Marlboro, MD, are wanted for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) and will face extradition to Washington, D.C. Chief of Police Pamela A. Smith expressed her gratitude for the community’s support and the swift actions of local and federal law enforcement agencies in the apprehension of the suspects.