Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s First District announce two arrests in a Southwest robbery and seek help from the community in identifying additional suspects.
On Friday, May 10, 2024, at approximately 2:50 p.m., officers were dispatched to a robbery in progress in the 400 block of L’Enfant Plaza, Southwest. The victim reported that four suspects approached him, and one suspect displayed a handgun and demanded property. The victim complied and the suspects fled with the victim’s property.
A short time later, two suspects were located nearby and placed under arrest. As a result of the detectives’ investigation, a 16-year-old juvenile male of Northeast, and a 15-year-old juvenile male of Northwest, were charged with Armed Robbery.
This case remains under investigation. Anyone who has any information about this incident should take no action but call police