A suspect is in custody after allegedly striking several police cruisers with a stolen vehicle.
The dramatic incident started to unfold around 5 p.m. in the Pentagon City mall parking garage. The moments leading to the arrest were caught on video (below).
“At approximately 4:58 p.m., an officer observed a parked, unoccupied stolen vehicle inside a parking garage in the 800 block of Army Navy Drive,” an Arlington County police spokesperson told ARLnow. “A short time later, the male suspect approached and entered the vehicle. Officers conducted a vehicle stop during which the suspect fled from officers in the stolen vehicle, striking a police vehicle.”
“While attempting to exit the garage, additional responding officers confronted the suspect who attempted to flee the scene, striking another police vehicle,” the spokesperson continued.
Video shows the end of the incident, as the suspect vehicle was wedged between two ACPD cruisers at the gates of the garage. As sirens wail, an officer can be heard shouting commands to put the car window down.
“You’re going to get shot,” the officer yells, as several officers point guns at the car.
“Police rammed the vehicle from each side to pin it at the exit,” a local resident who took the video told ARLnow. “[The] suspect kept his foot on the gas until they threatened multiple times to shoot.”
Ultimately a suspect was taken into custody and no one was hurt.
More, below, from an ACPD crime report published Friday afternoon.
ATTEMPTED MALICIOUS WOUNDING ON POLICE, 2024-06200153, 800 block of Army Navy Drive. At approximately 4:58 p.m. on June 20, an officer observed a parked, unoccupied stolen vehicle in a parking garage. Additional officers responded to the scene and a short time later, the male suspect and a female subject approached and entered the vehicle. Officers conducted a vehicle stop during which the suspect, who was the driver of the vehicle, accelerated and fled from officers, striking an occupied police vehicle that subsequently nearly struck an officer on foot, causing them to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. While the suspect attempted to exit the parking garage, additional responding officers attempted a second vehicle stop. Officers issued commands to the occupants of the vehicle and the suspect rammed an occupied police vehicle before they were taken into custody. No injuries were reported. During the course of the investigation, a handgun modified to be fully automatic, ammunition, high-capacity magazines, suspected narcotics, a stolen license plate and credit cards not belonging to the suspect were recovered. [The suspect], 19, of Washington D.C., was arrested and charged with Attempted Malicious Wounding on Police (x3), Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, Possession of a Machine Gun in a Violent Crime, Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule I/II Controlled Substance, Possession of a Firearm while in Possession of Schedule I/II Controlled Substance, Carrying a Concealed Weapon, Carrying a Loaded Firearm with a High Capacity Magazine, Hit and Run, Eluding, Receiving Stolen Goods and Credit Card Theft (x2). He was held without bond.
