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| Truck crashes into 2 DC Police officers, terrorism not ruled out |
| 2017-06-09 |
| [RT] Two suspects are in jug after a pickup truck crashed at high speed into three DC employees, including two coppers, one of whom is in "very critical condition," according to Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham. Two MPD officers are being treated at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and one DC transportation department officer was also injured, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser told news hounds Thursday evening. A white pickup truck struck the officers in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of the District of Columbia, an area that MPD Chief Newsham described as a "nightlife area." A weapon was recovered from the truck, Newsham said. "We have to look at that very closely," Newsham told a news hound who asked if he was ruling out terrorism. "We do not have a motive at this time." Two occupants in the truck were tossed in the slammer You have the right to remain silent... as suspects and sustained non-life threatening injuries, Newsham said. One witness described hearing sounds that sounded like shots. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Farther down the article we are informed that Mr. Figures-Mormon had enlisted in the Marines, but was tossed out on his ear the first year. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-09 20:20 |
| #3 The Washington Post has more, including names. Bob Rogan, chief of staff to Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), ran from a coffeehouse and reached the truck’s dazed passenger as he climbed from the wreckage, a cut on his forehead. Rogan said the man told him that he and his friend had been to a club and smoked something. “ ‘I told him not to do this,’ ” Rogan recalled the passenger saying. “ ‘I told him to slow down, and he wouldn’t slow down.’ ” Rogan said the driver remained behind the wheel, swaying slightly and appearing disoriented. D.C. police arrested the two men in the pickup, both from a rural county in Virginia 40 miles south of Richmond, as investigators tried to piece together what caused Thursday night’s crash along the 2400 block of 18th Street NW, in the heart of one of the District’s most vibrant and busiest nightlife areas. A police report says that in the pickup’s back seat, investigators found a military-style weapon described as a Romarm Cugir rifle, the Romanian version of the AK-47. It was not clear why the men had the gun. Police identified the driver as Brandon Figures-Mormon, 22, of Disputanta, Va., who was charged with assault with intent to kill and illegal possession of a firearm. They said the passenger was Dwayne Nicholas Taylor, 23, of Prince George, Va. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-09 20:12 |
| #2 Had some pics over at WZ earlier, unless it is lighting looks like allen-head. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-06-09 17:57 |
| #1 wonder why no pics of the perps? |
| Posted by: dacama 2017-06-09 15:34 |