The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrest of a suspect in an armed carjacking in Northwest.
On Thursday, January 23, 2025, at approximately 8:24 p.m., Third District officers responded to the 1700 block of New Jersey Avenue, Northwest for a report of an armed carjacking. It was reported that while pumping gas, the victim was approached and assaulted by three suspects who pointed a gun at the victim and demanded the victim’s property and vehicle. The victim complied. The suspects fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle.
As a result of the detectives’ investigation, on Thursday, March 27, 2025, 19-year-old Marquis Alston, of Northeast, was arrested pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant and charged with Armed Carjacking.
This case remains under investigation. Anyone who has any information about this incident should take no action but call police