Washington, D.C
‘Supposed to help': DC man says officers didn't assist him after hit-and-run
A D.C. man said he was hit by a car while crossing the street this week and when he tried to flag down police officers parked nearby, he was ignored.
Michael Philip said he was on his way to work and crossing the street at 14th and U streets in Northwest around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.
“I had about 15 seconds to make it to the other side of the street and then I saw light through my umbrella,” he said.
“They were still holding on to the wheel,” Philip said. “They were, like, gesturing I’m sorry, and then they just sped off.”
He took a picture of the car before the driver took off, but it didn’t have license plates.
Philip said two police cars were parked nearby and he asked the officers for help.
“’Hey!’ I was still holding my phone; I was shaking,” Philip said. “’I got hit by that car, can you do something about it? Can I file a report? Can you chase after that car?’”
“They didn’t do anything,” he said. “They just looked at me and then they drove down 14th Street, and everybody at the bus stop that saw it, they all just said, ‘What the?’”
Philp said he reported the hit-and-run later that morning but hasn’t heard anything from investigators.
He wasn’t seriously hurt, physically, but believes he deserves better.
“I feel disappointed and some sort of betrayal,” Philip said. “I thought the police were supposed to help us.”
“Our Third District looked into this and found no indication that officers in the area were aware that a crash had occurred,” a representative for the Metropolitan Police Department said. “There is regularly a visible patrol presence in the area of that intersection. The complainant in this case reported the crash later that morning at a nearby district station.”
Philip said he isn’t going to stop trying to get answers.
“If this happened to me, it could have happened to anyone else, in a far worse situation than I have ever been,” he said. “Like, you’re supposed to help people.”
He posted his story on Reddit looking for advice and said he plans to reach out to his ANC commissioner and D.C. Council.
“It still lingers, the memory of the impact, that I could have died right there,” Philip said.
WASHINGTON (7News) — A teenage boy was fatally shot Saturday night in Northeast Washington, D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
ALSO READ | Boy, 17, hospitalized after being shot near group home in Southeast DC
Fifth District officers responded around 8:24 p.m. to the 1600 block of Gales Street Northeast for a report of a shooting. That is in the Rosedale / Kingman Park neighborhood.
When officers arrived, they found a juvenile male unconscious and not breathing with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Authorities said the victim is believed to be a teenager. His identity was not immediately released.
Police are searching for a juvenile male suspect described as Black and wearing a black shirt and black pants. According to investigators, the suspect was last seen near 16th Street and Rosedale Street Northeast riding a black bicycle.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating the shooting.
SEE ALSO | Teen hospitalized following Friday night shooting in northeast D.C.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at (202) 727-9099 or submit an anonymous tip by texting 50411.
WASHINGTON (7News) — A man was stabbed to death in Northwest D.C. early Saturday morning, according to D.C. police.
SEE ALSO | Police shoot knife-wielding individual at Fairfax Wawa
Officers responded to the 2900 block of 14th Street NW shortly before 1:00 a.m., where the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
SEE ALSO | Teen hospitalized following Friday night shooting in northeast D.C.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact the police at (202) 727-9099 or text a tip to 50411.
Additional details were not immediately available.
4 things to know about the weather:
- Beneficial rain
- Muggy, warm temperatures to start the weekend
- Scattered afternoon showers & a few storms again Saturday
- Drier and nice for Sunday
There’s a 40% chance of showers and a few storms in the afternoon and evening Saturday.
Sunday looks like it will bring the best weather of the weekend. We’ll start to see some cooler, drier air come in.
Big-time heat may be coming right back to the D.C. area by Wednesday of next week.
Weather radar
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10-day forecast
QuickCast
SATURDAY:
Partly sunny
Muggy
Scattered showers & storms (40% chance)
Highs: middle 80s
SUNDAY:
Decreasing clouds
Lower humidity
Highs: mid 80s
MONDAY:
Mostly sunny
Highs: upper 80s
SUNSET: 8:35 p.m.
AVERAGE HIGH: 89° // AVERAGE low: 72°
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