The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrest of a suspect involved in a shooting in Southeast.
On Monday, August 18, 2025, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Seventh District officers responded to the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, Southeast, for the sounds of gunshots. Upon arrival, officers located a crime scene with shell casings. While on scene, officers were notified that a juvenile male, conscious and breathing, suffering from gunshot wounds had self-transported to a local hospital.
On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, a 16-year-old male of Southeast, D.C., was arrested and charged with Assault with a Dangerous (Gun).
This case remains under investigation. Anyone who has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police