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2017-06-09 Home Front: WoT

Truck crashes into 2 DC Police officers, terrorism not ruled out

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Posted by Fred 2017-06-09 12:50|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 wonder why no pics of the perps?

Posted by dacama 2017-06-09 15:34|| 2017-06-09 15:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Had some pics over at WZ earlier, unless it is lighting looks like allen-head.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-06-09 17:57|| 2017-06-09 17:57|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2017-06-09 20:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2017-06-09 20:20|| Front Page Top

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