Gunman impersonating police officer wanted in shooting of boy and man in Washington, D.C.

Police are trying to find a person who impersonated a police officer and shot a person and a boy at a facility for youth awaiting trial in Washington, D.C.

The assault occurred Tuesday within the 6000 block of Clay Avenue Northeast with officers responding to reviews of a taking pictures at 2:54 p.m, based on the Metropolitan Police Division.

The suspect gained entry right into a residential facility by posing as a police officer, wearing all black with a vest emblazoned with “police” and a star badge round his neck, based on images taken from surveillance footage. 

In accordance with the preliminary investigation, the suspect gained entry into the ability, and “as soon as inside and after a short dialog, the suspect produced a handgun and discharged it a number of instances, placing each victims,” police mentioned.

The suspect claimed he was an officer serving a warrant on one of many juveniles housed on the privately owned facility, NBC Washington reported.

“He acknowledged that particular person who was within the facility, instantly pulled out a handgun and began taking pictures at that particular person,” Metropolitan Police Division Cmdr. John Haines advised the station.

Haines mentioned police consider the gunman focused the juvenile sufferer. 

“He was completely attempting, particularly concentrating on that particular person,” Haines mentioned. 

He mentioned that an “harmless individual” who labored on the facility was additionally hit within the gunfire.

The suspect then fled the scene in a darkish coloured SUV. 

Officers discovered the victims affected by gunshot wounds and so they had been transported to native hospitals for “critical accidents.” Haines mentioned their accidents are non life-threatening.

The names and ages of the victims haven’t been launched.

Police are asking the general public to assist establish the suspect or the automobile used to flee the scene. A reward of as much as $10,000 is obtainable to anybody who offers data that results in the arrest and conviction of an individual behind a violent crime.

Juveniles housed on the facility have been relocated following the taking pictures, an official acquainted with the investigation mentioned to NBC Washington.

The taking pictures comes days after burglars claiming to be FBI brokers wearing tactical gear and carrying flashlights and weapons, compelled their approach into a house within the 1700 block of Bay Avenue Southeast on Dec. 14, the station reported. 

The burglars “used drive” to steal objects together with telephones and two safes from the house, based on the police report. Two residents inside fled their house to contact police.