19-Year-Old ID’d as Intruder Killed at Peruvian Ambassador’s DC Home: Police

A 19-year-old Maryland man has been recognized because the alleged intruder killed on the Washington, D.C., house of the Peruvian ambassador, District police mentioned Saturday.

Gordon Casey, of Germantown, Maryland, is accused of smashing a number of home windows with a metallic pole and ignoring officers’ instructions earlier than police shot him on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police Division mentioned.

Police didn’t element a attainable motive for Casey.

A capturing investigation is underway at a residence linked to the Peruvian Embassy in Northwest D.C., police say.

Neither the ambassador, Oswaldo de Rivero, nor his household had been harm, Metropolitan Police Division Chief Robert Contee and the embassy mentioned.

Secret Service officers had been known as to the house within the 3000 block of Garrison Avenue NW, within the leafy, quiet Forest Hills neighborhood, simply earlier than 8 a.m. for a reported housebreaking in course of. The ambassador’s household heard home windows within the rear of the house being smashed, Contee mentioned.

The officers discovered {that a} Casey had smashed a number of home windows and was holding a metallic pole within the yard, police mentioned.

One officer fired their Taser on the Casey, nevertheless it didn’t take impact, police mentioned.

Two different officers fired their service pistols, hitting Casey, police mentioned.

DC Hearth and EMS handled Casey, however he died on the scene, police mentioned.

Police mentioned earlier this week that they believed the incident was random and was not a direct assault on the ambassador.

Incidents of this kind are uncommon within the neighborhood, the chief mentioned.

The house sits on 10 acres of principally wooded land surrounded by tall fencing and accessible solely by way of gated entrances.

Police say the incident stays underneath investigation and ask anybody with data to name 202-727-9099.

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