[PR] *Updated with Video* Arrest Made and Additional Suspect Sought in an Armed Carjacking (Gun) Offense: Unit Block of Forrester Street, SW

Friday, May 8, 2020

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Seventh District announce an arrest has been made and seek the public’s assistance in identifying an additional suspect in reference to an Armed Carjacking (Gun) offense that occurred on Monday, April 27, 2020, in the Unit block of Forrester Street, Southwest. 

At approximately 2:30 pm, two suspects approached the victim as he sat in his vehicle at the listed location. One of the suspects brandished a handgun and demanded the victim’s vehicle. The victim complied. The suspects then fled scene in the vehicle. 

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, a 17-year-old juvenile male of Southeast, DC was arrested and charged with Armed Carjacking (Gun). 

An additional suspect was captured by a nearby surveillance camera and can be seen in the in this video:

Anyone who can identify this individual who has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411. The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a violent crime committed in the District of Columbia.