Crime Alerts: November 16-17

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) sent out two crime alerts between 9:00 p.m. on Nov. 16 and 9:00 a.m. on Nov. 17.

A crime alert was sent out at 10:01 p.m. due to a gun robbery in the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue, NW. Police identified the suspects as two black men in all-black clothing and armed with handguns.

A crime alert was sent out at 6:39 a.m. due to a gun robbery on the corner of Southern Avenue and Suitland Road, SE. Police identified the first suspect as a black male with a slim build wearing a ski mask. The second was identified as a Black male wearing a black hoodie and surgical mask.