MPD 7D | Arrest Made in an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) Offense: 400 b/o Mellon Street, SE

Monday, April 19, 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 Saturday, April 17, 2021, in the 400 block of Mellon Street, Southeast. 

At approximately 10:18 am, the suspect brandished a handgun and shot the victim. The suspect then fled the scene. The victim was treated at a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

On Saturday, April 17, 2021, 24-year-old Tyric Saunders, of Southeast, DC, was arrested and charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun).