MPD 7D | Arrest Made in an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) Offense: 1900 b/o Good Hope Road, SE

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District announce an arrest has been made in an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) offense that occurred on Thursday, January 8, 2021, in the 1900 Block of Good Hope Road, Southeast. 

At approximately 1:52 am, members of the Seventh District responded to the listed location for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located the victim who was suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. 

On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, 30-year-old Dominic Scales, of Southeast, DC, was arrested and charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun).