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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- March 1, 2023
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On Feb. 27, at about 11:32 pm, officers responded to the 1400 block of Park Road, NW, for the report of the sounds of gunshots. Upon arrival, officers located several vehicles with flattened tires and evidence that a firearm was discharged.
Officers watched security camera footage from a place of business that captured the incident, giving them visual proof and a description of those involved.
According to a press release, the following day, Metropolitan Police Department officers observed an adult male who watched the description of the individual that was in possession of a firearm. The officers told the individual to stop at which time the subject turned around and fired multiple shots in the direction of the officers.
Two of the officers discharged their service weapons in response.
The suspect then ran into an alley and a single gunshot was heard. A nearby officer entered the alley and found the suspect deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The decedent has been identified as 40-year-old Savontae Dodie Perkins.