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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- April 14, 2020
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As of April 13, D.C. Witness will begin tracking all crime alerts in the district.
On April 13, D.C. Witness was able to record five alerts that came from the department. Three of the alerts were in regards to robberies and two were of shootings.
At 11:34 p.m. the Metropolitan Police Department sent out an alert for a robbery investigation on the 2400 block of M Street, NW. A lookout for two black males and a hispanic male was released. The suspects are armed with a knife.
An alert went out a bit earlier at 8:35 p.m. to officers in the Sixth District to be on the lookout for three black juvenile males in a robbery investigation on the 4100 block of Minnesota Avenue, NE.
At 1:14 p.m. to be on the lookout for a person of interest in a robbery that occurred near the cross section of 8th and Dahlia Street in Northwest DC. Officers were looking for a slim built, black male between 20 and 25 years old, wearing a hooded black jacket, dark jeans and black and white shoes. The person of interest was last seen walking northbound on 8th Street, NW. The alert also disclosed that the man was armed with a handgun and action should not be taken if he is located.
At 3:36a.m. there was a shooting on the 4700 block of Benning Road, SE. There was no lookout.
About two-hours before another alert of another shooting went out at 1:42 a.m. on the 3700 block of Heyes Street, NE. There was look out for a silver sedan.
Editor’s note: D.C. Witness will publish crime alerts from the Metropolitan Police Department twice a day.