A man is dead after police say he was last seen fleeing from state troopers on the 14th Street Bridge.
On Oct. 1, an early morning car chase that started on I-95, on charges of reckless driving, ended on the 14th Street Bridge after the suspect’s vehicle was disabled by spike strips deployed on I-395, according to Virginia State Police.
“Troopers were able to stop the vehicle, but the suspect driver fled from the car, leaping off the bridge and onto a catwalk, fleeing the scene,” VSP said in a press release later that day.
Traffic camera video posted by local public safety watcher Dave Statter showed troopers looking over the bridge after the suspect made the leap. Officers from Arlington County, as well as D.C. police and U.S. Park Police, helped to search for the suspect but were unable to find him.
As first reported today by Statter, the body of the man police say is the suspect was recovered from the river several days later.
“Virginia State Police has been notified that a body recovered from the Potomac River on Oct. 4, 2025, has been identified as Mohammed K. Hasan, the suspect from the pursuit on Oct. 1, 2025,” a VSP spokesman confirmed to ARLnow.
There’s no official word yet on how the man died.
