The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) reported that two individuals have been taken into custody following the shooting of a U.S. Park Police (USPP) officer on Monday evening in southeast Washington, D.C.
Darren Foster, aged 21 and a resident of southeast D.C., was apprehended shortly after the incident occurred on Monday.
The following day, Asheile Foster, 22, also from southeast D.C., was detained.
Both individuals face charges for assaulting a federal police officer with a firearm, according to official statements from the police department.
The incident took place around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, during an investigation by the officer into a USPP-related matter while in an unmarked Tesla, as reported by FOX 5 D.C.
Following the shooting of a U.S. Park Police officer in southeast Washington, D.C., two suspects have been arrested. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Two armed men allegedly approached the officer’s car and fired multiple shots, hitting him in the upper body.
The officer was able to drive away, before being taken by USPP’s aviation unit to a local hospital for treatment.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the shooting. (Getty Images/Fox News Digital)
U.S. Park Police confirmed the officer suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, and he has since been discharged from the hospital.
FOX 5 reported MPD has information suggesting the suspects knew the person inside the Tesla was an officer, though no motive has been released.
The officer was reportedly in an unmarked Tesla at the time of the shooting. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
Authorities raided a home near the shooting location Tuesday afternoon, entering with guns drawn, according to the outlet. A K-9 unit also responded.
The case is being investigated by detectives from the MPD’s NIBIN Investigations Unit, which includes agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with USPP detectives.
