DC police identify man wounded by officer in Anacostia shooting – WTOP News

D.C. police have launched the identify of a suspect related to an assault with a pipe in Anacostia Friday morning, and one other man who was shot by police as they had been investigating that assault.

In a information launch despatched out on Sunday, police recognized 38-year-old Steven Shaw of Northeast D.C. as the person who was shot by an officer canvassing the realm.

Police haven’t related Shaw to the assault that they had been investigating on the time.

Police say the capturing occurred simply earlier than 10 a.m. on the 1300 block of Good Hope Highway after an officer investigating an assault noticed Shaw coming into a parked automobile on the passenger facet and, believing that he could be the suspect within the assault, ordered Shaw to get out of the automobile and “cease reaching.”

Police say that after Shaw refused to adjust to the officer’s instructions and reached into his waistband, the officer fired his gun, putting Shaw.

As police pulled him from the burgundy Jeep, the motive force of the car, an unidentified lady, left the scene.

After Shaw was taken from the car and handcuffed, he was taken to the hospital for therapy of his wounds. Police say that, as Shaw was being handled, a amount of “suspected cocaine” was discovered on his particular person, in accordance with the discharge.

Police say they arrested and charged Shaw on Friday for possession with intent to distribute.

MPD says the officer concerned with the capturing has been positioned on administrative depart as inside groups examine the incident. Physique digital camera footage from the capturing can also be being reviewed.

Individually, a suspect within the unique assault that police had been investigating on Friday has been recognized. 59-year-old Wallace Lewis of Southeast D.C. Lewis was arrested and charged Friday with assault with important bodily damage and threats to do bodily hurt.