Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District are seeking the community’s assistance in the search for a wanted suspect involved in a Southeast shooting.
On Friday, April 5, 2024, at approximately 9:45 a.m., members of the Sixth District responded to the 1700 block of Fairlawn Avenue, Southeast, for the report of a shooting. Responding officers located an adult female shooting victim. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect has been identified as 47-year-old Michael Owusu-Sakyi, of Southeast D.C. He is currently wanted on a D.C. Superior Court Arrest Warrant charging him with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (gun).
A photo of the suspect can be seen below:
Anyone who has knowledge of the whereabouts of this wanted person should take no action but call police