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A United States Park Police officer was shot in Southeast Washington, DC, suffering non-life-threatening injuries; authorities sealed off multiple blocks around the area as investigators, with FBI involvement, work the case and urge the public to avoid the vicinity.
A U.S. Park Police officer was ambushed and shot in Southeast Washington, D.C., while driving an unmarked vehicle. He was airlifted to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Two Black male suspects fled; no arrests have been made. Federal and D.C. police are assisting in the investigation, which remains ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact police.
U.S. Park Police have conducted at least 10 car chases in D.C. over the past three weeks amid increased federal law enforcement activity related to President Trump, targeting drivers for minor violations like tinted windows and fake tags.
Body-cam footage released by the U.S. Park Police shows an officer fatally shooting a 17-year-old in Washington D.C. last month after the officer climbed into the back of a vehicle to detain the teen and was still inside when he drove away. The footage reveals officers strategizing for how to take him into custody as he sat, apparently asleep, in the front seat of a vehicle they believed to be stolen. The Martin family is calling for the Park Police officers to be publicly identified and for the one who killed her son to be prosecuted and terminated.