Victims Held at Gunpoint, Taken to ATM After Mistaking Car for Rideshare in NW DC

Police are trying to find the motive force of a automobile who held up folks at gunpoint and compelled them to withdraw cash from an ATM on Sunday in Northwest D.C.

D.C. police mentioned an unspecified variety of victims entered a white Dodge Charger with no entrance license plate at round 12:30 a.m. within the 600 block of Florida Avenue NW considering it was a rideshare. In the course of the journey, the “suspects produced a handgun and locked the doorways of the automobile.”

The suspects drove the victims round and demanded they take out cash from an ATM. After the victims complied, the thieves drove off, police mentioned. 

Authorities shared pictures from surveillance video that captured a suspect and the automobile in query. The suspects are wished for kidnapping whereas armed with a gun. 

The world is dwelling to a variety of standard bars and eating places, and rideshare autos are continuously coming and going.

Rideshare firms supply a variety of security suggestions for passengers, together with the next:

• At all times test your app for the motive force’s license plate, and the make, mannequin and coloration of the automobile.
• Verify to see if driver’s photograph matches the particular person behind the wheel.
• Ask the motive force to confirm their identify, or ask them to confirm your identify or vacation spot.

Anybody with data ought to name police at (202) 727-9099 or textual content a tip to 50411. There’s a $10,000 reward for data resulting in an arrest on this case.